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    3 months ago

    The issue is heavy artillery focus in an offensive capacity is a bad way to fight now. NATO can and does go for air superiority right away. Fighting Russian style with artillery bombardment is WWI stuff. Air support can quickly neutralize such a force.

    NATO doesn’t spec for artillery focus like Russia and therefore doesn’t need that level of shell production. The catch for Ukraine is most of their equipment is inherited Soviet Union stockpiles. And they don’t have a large enough air force to attempt air superiority. So they’re stuck fighting against Russia using similar systems and strategy.

    When Ukraine receives F16s next month some need for artillery will start to decrease. F16 can be used in an attack role. And Ukraine will be receiving HARMs missiles which will help knock out even more of Russia’s air defenses. Which potentially snowballs into Ukraine being able to do more close air support. If that happens, they can hopefully start shifting artillery to being used defensively. Using it for offense and defense as they are now is what’s outstripping supply.