The Americans plan to sharply increase the production of 155 mm artillery shells and GMLRS missiles.
Gabe Camarillo, Pentagon vice chairman for ground forces, said the US plans to double the production of these projectiles by the end of 2023.
“Military” writes that the plans for the next five years to increase their production six times.
Camarillo told a US Army Global Force Association symposium that the Pentagon would spend roughly $1.45 billion. for the modernization of production facilities Investments should support the defense capability of Ukraine with new shells and replenish the stocks of the US army.
Only for the installation of new production lines, the purchase of equipment and the provision of their workforce, 349 million dollars will be needed.
The US plans to double the production of Javelin anti-tank systems (to 330 per month) and rocket launchers (to 41 per month).
Camarillo said that by 2026 the US Army also intends to double (from 566 to 1110 units) a monthly order for the production of GMLRS missiles for the M142 / M270 jet systems.
In total, the United States is ready to invest more than $2 billion. to industrial facilities involved in the production of weapons and ammunition.
These funds are included in a 15-year plan for the modernization of state enterprises for the production of weapons and ammunition with a total budget of $18 billion.
In April, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said the US planned to produce 20,000 155-mm shells a month in the spring, not the 24,000 that Camarillo had said.
Militarny writes that it is not yet clear whether such an increase in US production will be able to satisfy both the defense needs of Ukraine and the needs of the Pentagon.
According to public data, the United States has already sent 1 million 74 thousand units of 155 mm shells to Ukraine, and the monthly consumption of these shells, according to experts, is up to 143 thousand units.
Source: Racurs
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