#Artillery

The state invested 60 billion UAH in the fixed assets of the DIC, yet private manufacturers received no direct funding from that sum. According to NAUDI's assessment, it is the private sector that today outpaces the state sector in the volume of weapons deliveries.

The private sector of Ukraine's defense industry has become the main supplier of artillery shells, surpassing state enterprises. Experts note that technological readiness is more important than budgets, citing failures in Western contracts.

🔥 Defense Scandal: General Dynamics received $533M from the US for shells for Ukraine but delivered not a single one. Fires, missed deadlines, and lack of accountability. While Rheinmetall is already supplying equipment, the American factory has come to a standstill. 🇺🇸❌🇺🇦

British BAE Systems has started licensed production of 105mm L119 howitzers in Ukraine. 🇬🇧🇺🇦 This will allow replacing outdated Soviet D-30s with mobile systems that can even be transported by pickup trucks. The plan is to produce up to 150 barrels. 🚀

NATO ammunition production is under threat due to a cotton shortage 🌱💣. It turns out that smokeless powder requires cottonseed fibers, which are in short supply. Germany and Poland are urgently building plants to solve the problem 🏭🇪🇺

Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with the commanders of six corps, discussing the situation in the Sloviansk and Pokrovsk directions. The main request was to increase supplies of 155mm shells and robotics. Against this backdrop, discussions about a possible change in the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are intensifying. 🇺🇦🔫

Britain has delivered the first four artillery barrels produced at a plant in Sheffield to Ukraine. This is the first step under an $82 million contract to revive the British defense industry for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 🇬🇧🇺🇦🔫

The UK has handed over the first four artillery barrels to Ukraine for testing. 🇬🇧🇺🇦 Under a contract with BAE Systems, London plans to produce up to 150 barrels in 105 and 155 mm calibers. This is the first such project in 20 years, which will help restore the British defense industry and strengthen the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 🚀

Ukraine has received the first batch of the latest 155mm RH1412 shells from Rheinmetall. Deliveries are coming from the Unterluss plant; the total order volume will exceed 50% by the end of 2026. 🇺🇦🇩🇪💣