In the third year of heavy warfare, the biggest complaint of the strategic defenders is that the supply of traditional large-caliber artillery shells is insufficient, and the total proportion of medium- and large-caliber artillery shells actually fired by both sides in the theater of operations has reached the level of 1 to 6 or even 1 to 8! That is, if one medium or large-caliber artillery shell is fired on this side, the opposite side will immediately return fire with six to eight rounds. Such a large gap in firepower is also a major source of continuous distress on the strategic defenders. After all, in actual combat, the stage of offensive and defensive warfare has long passed, and the long front has been stable for one and a half years on the whole, and the two sides have long since entered the "primitive" stage of deep ditches and high bases, hardened villages, and dumb battles. As the ground forces on both sides generally go deep into the ground and the overall defense capability is enhanced, the actual combat effect of more intelligent weapons at this time continues to decline, and the final battle is whose artillery group can fire more large-caliber shells. If you can't suppress your opponent in terms of the most basic firepower intensity and density, and want to continue to regain lost ground?
It's basically wishful thinking. The problem is that the strategic defender's own stocks of large-caliber artillery shells have long been depleted in the past two years, and at the moment the amount of self-produced replenishment is negligible. And with the NATOIZATION of its main artillery, that is, mainly in 155 calibers, then the supply of its 155 shells, almost every shot, must be purely dependent on foreign aid. The problem is that the superpowers, including the superpowers and all of Western Europe, have largely bottomed out after supplying more than 3.5 million rounds of 155 artillery shells over the past two years. So I thought of the southern side of the peninsula! After openly and covertly providing a stock of 155 shells ranging from 80 to 1 million rounds, I also began to sing empty plans. Therefore, if the fight continues in the future, then basically all of them belong to the entire NATO and even the entire US and Western systems, including some members of East Asia who are biased towards the West, and they are all "sedan chairs and ears and eyes are pierced at the moment"! That is, every new batch of production is immediately airlifted to the "front line," but the total amount cannot meet the needs of at least 20,000 rounds per day.
The most "basic" practical needs. At present, the only 155 artillery shell factory in North America, even if it produces in 24-hour shifts, can only deliver 10,000 rounds per month. According to the most optimistic estimates, by two years from now, that is, in 2026, the maximum capacity will only be 20,000 rounds per month, which is equivalent to an average of less than 700 rounds per day. However, the total production capacity of Europe is not as good as that of North America; the total current production capacity of several NATO 155 artillery shell factories in Europe will not exceed 500 rounds; even if the southern part of the Asian peninsula is added, the total daily production capacity of the United States, Europe and Asia will not exceed 2,000 rounds. This is an order of magnitude short of the strong demand for at least 20,000 rounds a day! It is by no means something that can be made up in a short period of time. The question is, why is NATO so struggling with the actual production capacity of the main 155 artillery shells? Not long ago, part of the production process of the 155 artillery shell factory in Sweden was made public, and a big secret has finally been revealed! It turns out that the biggest drag on the production capacity of artillery shells is that it cannot be increased.
It is not the machining of shell shells, nor the shortage of high-grade mixed explosives; but the fact that all these large-caliber shells are actually all workers on the production line, and each person has an electric kettle, filling explosives by hand! Even because of unskilled movements, a large amount of explosives in a semi-melted state are sprinkled on the ground in the production area! In order to prevent deflagration accidents, it is necessary for employees to wash them with hot water pipes in their hands before leaving work. Such a funny picture is the basic reality of NATO's 155 artillery shell production line, which is the largest in the whole of Europe! The problem is that the huge Western world can't develop a rapid automatic filling line similar to that of beverages? In that case, not to mention a few hundred rounds a day, even a few hundred thousand rounds a day! What is the problem?