The US Army Has Massively Ramped Up Ammo Production — but There’s a Problem

New reports say that, while the U.S. Army is working to produce more of a critical munition after it was nearly depleted in support of Ukraine in their defense against Russia, they are currently unable to produce enough to replenish stockpiles.

In September, the Pentagon’s weapons chief issued a goal for 2025 to produce 100,000 155mm artillery rounds per month, up from the 80,000 forecasted in August, and the 36,000 in 2022, according to Defense News.

While a series of production contract announcements since that time shows that the Pentagon is working to feed Ukraine’s artillery units until the war ends, there may be issues in maintaining that production capacity in peacetime, according to retired Col. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

“The U.S. is surging more than the U.S. had planned back in January,” Cancian told the Daily Caller. “The fundamental problem is Ukraine is firing 150,000 to 300,000 rounds per month and the United States is talking about getting up to 100,000 per month in two years. If the war continued, even if we got up to that level, we still wouldn’t have enough.”

Despite the fact that European countries have also ramped up production as more rounds are fed to Ukraine, the numbers that are being sent are still nearly being overwhelmed by the nation’s massive needs, and leave next to nothing to America’s own needs.

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