Israel buys tens of thousands of 155mm shells as global demand jumps
The $60 million deal with Israel’s Elbit Systems comes months after the US reportedly pulled 155mm shells from pre-positioned stocks in Israel.
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Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian T-90M tank with precision strike
Ukrainian troops have destroyed Russia’s most advanced operational tank on the frontlines. The Ukraine Weapons Tracker OSINT group reported that a T-90M main battle tank was destroyed by a 155mm BONUS precision-guided anti-tank artillery round fired by…
Ukraine, Slovakia to jointly build 155mm artillery systems
Ukrainian media has reported that Ukraine and Slovakia plan to jointly develop a new 155mm self-propelled howitzer for the country’s armed forces. According to the Militarnyi, Slovak Konstrukta Defence and Ukrainian Kramatorsk Heavy Duty Machine …
Europe races to push ammo output to new limits as demand from Ukraine soars
Kyiv’s call for 350,000 artillery shells a month shows demand has effectively doubled since a Ukrainian official said in June that its armed forces were expending between 5,000 to 6,000 artillery rounds a day.
South Korea to send Pentagon more artillery shells
The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed that Pentagon has been negotiating to supply additional artillery shells from South Korea. U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Martin Meiners told Voice of America, Tuesday that, “the U.S. government h…
US Army orders more 155mm artillery rounds
The U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday that General Dynamics-Ordnance & Tactical Systems and American Ordnance would compete for $993 million worth of orders to produce 155mm artillery munitions. Two companies will compete for each order of a…