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National Security & Defense

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,138 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2023, 03:40 PM Jan 2023

France, Australia to supply Ukraine with artillery shells

France and Australia announced Monday plans to jointly produce and send several thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells to Ukraine, starting in the coming weeks.

apnews.com
France, Australia to supply Ukraine with artillery shells
PARIS (AP) — France and Australia announced Monday plans to jointly produce and send several thousand 155-millimeter artillery

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France, Australia to supply Ukraine with artillery shells (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 OP

very good but hopefully its in the hundreds of thousands not thousands drray23 Jan 2023 #1

drray23

(7,977 posts)

1. very good but hopefully its in the hundreds of thousands not thousands

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Mon Jan 30, 2023, 04:27 PM

Jan 2023

A 155 mm howitzer fires at a rate of about 40 per hour. So, if you have an artillery unit (battery) of howitzers which is 6 of them, thats 240 per hour. In half a day you would use 2400 rounds.

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