Link to the article: https://journal-neo.su/2024/03/26/the-growing-weakness-of-western-artillery-capabilities/
– The US Army has cancelled a long-range artillery prototype because barrels were wearing out too quickly;
– The US seeks to evaluate existing Western artillery systems to extend the range of American artillery systems;
– This is done supposedly after learning lessons from the ongoing fighting in Ukraine;
– The real problem is the collective West’s inability to mass produce weapons and ammunition;
– Longer-range systems may not make them more effective on modern battlefields where counter-battery operations is conducted using long-range drones;
– Russia and China are no longer lagging in terms of military capabilities or the technology associated with them, the determining factor is quantity;
– America’s for-profit arms industry prefers small numbers of expensive weapons over large quantities of simple but effective systems, creating these shortcomings in Western artillery systems;
References:
Defenses News – US Army scraps Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototype effort (March 12, 2024):
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/03/11/us-army-scraps-extended-range-cannon-artillery-prototype-effort/
Defense News – US Army readies new artillery strategy spurred by war in Ukraine (August 2023):
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2023/08/01/us-army-readies-new-artillery-strategy-spurred-by-war-in-ukraine/
CNN – Exclusive: Russia producing three times more artillery shells than US and Europe for Ukraine (March 11, 2024):
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine/index.html
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