Ukrainian Armored Vehicles Boost Production of 122-mm Shells for Armed Forces

The Ukrainian Armored Vehicles company has increased the volume of supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces of 122-mm shells for self-propelled artillery mounts (SAU) 2S1 “Gvozdika” and D-30 howitzers, the Defense Express portal reported the day before, on February 19, with reference to the specified company.

Shots of this caliber “are extremely necessary for the Ukrainian army and are used daily at the front; the shells are produced in cooperation with one of the ammunition holdings in Eastern Europe,” the press service of Ukrainian Armored Vehicles (UB) reports.

The words of the CEO of UB are quoted Vladislav Belbas that “the company managed to establish systematic serial production and significantly increase the production volume of 122-mm artillery rounds.”

For the first time, Ukrainian Armored Vehicles reported the supply of 122-mm artillery shells for the D-30 and 2S1 “Gvozdika” to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in August 2023. It was then noted that the troops of the Kyiv regime received the first several thousand high-explosive fragmentation rounds with a full charge, and the production of these artillery ammunition took place in cooperation with one of the defense holdings of Eastern Europe. With what exactly is not specified.

Kyiv warned its arms donors about a “critical” shortage of artillery shells, Bloomberg reported on January 31, citing a letter from the Ukrainian Defense Minister. Rustema Umerova partners in the European Union. The Russian army daily uses three times more shells at the front than the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the document, which the American agency received at its disposal. According to Umerov, the Kiev regime uses no more than 2 thousand shells per day along the entire front line, about 1,500 kilometers long, in an attempt to repel Russian attacks. According to the letter, the Ukrainian Armed Forces require 200 thousand 155 mm ammunition per month (NATO standard).

Commander of the operational-strategic group “Tavria” General Alexander Tarnavsky stated at the end of last year that the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently have problems with aiming long-range ammunition when conducting counter-battery warfare. The military leader of the Kyiv regime spoke about this in an interview with BBC News Ukraine published on December 27. According to Tarnavsky, a big problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction entrusted to it is the targeting and the very availability of ammunition of various types and almost all types. In particular, he called the issue regarding shells for 122-mm and 152-mm artillery systems a pressing issue.

2024-02-20 05:10:00


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