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| 2023-01-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Most of the following commentary by retired Russian colonel Viktor Murakhovsky: [ColonelCassad] Miscalculations of the General Staff in the rate of accumulation of shells (900 shots) led in 1914 to an acute shortage of shells for the army in the field. Urgent measures were required to save the army from complete shell starvation. The military industry was not ready to solve this problem. Although the measures taken made it possible already in the first half of 1915 to improve the supply of artillery shells to the front, the "shell hunger" was fully eliminated only in 1916. MODERN INDUSTRY OF AMMUNITION AND SPECIAL CHEMICALS. It is engaged in the development and production of ammunition (AP) and cartridges of all types, gunpowder, rocket fuel, chemical warfare agents and special chemicals. As of 2022, the ammunition and special chemicals industry united 91 enterprises. The Russian army in the early 1990s inherited from the Soviet army about 15 million tons of missiles and ammunition stored in 180 arsenals, bases and warehouses. As of January 1, 2013, the presence of ammunition in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is 3.7 million tons, of which 1.1 million tons are unusable. That is, suitable - 2.6 million tons. In 2020, almost 300 thousand ammunition was repaired at the arsenals on its own, and more than 20 thousand shells for multiple launch rocket systems were collected. The real need for ammunition is MILLIONS of pieces per year. (c) Viktor Murakhovsky https://t.me/Viktor_Murakhovskiy/398 - zinc Says Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin: Actually, this question perfectly shows why our ancestors created and stored such huge stocks of ammunition. And how many conversations there were - "Why?", "For what?", "Who needs it?" and other schizoid nonsense. Now everyone understood that they were stockpiling and storing not in vain. And by the way, after this war, there will be a serious question of the need to replenish what has been spent in order to leave it to posterity. This applies not only to ammunition, but also to military equipment. |
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| Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751 2023-01-04 15:22 |
| #1 The old saying about gathering firewood for a cold winter night applies: "Gather what you think you will need and then TRIPLE it!" |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-01-04 13:07 |