2022-10-04 23:56:26
US Aid Package Falls Far Short of Even Just Replacing Ukraine's Losses
US recently announced it will send as part of drawdown from existing (remaining) inventories:
4 more HIMARS (16 sent already, more than half lost);
16 155mm artillery systems (126+ sent, most already lost);
75,000 155mm rounds (not enough for even 2 weeks of firing at Ukraine's 6k rounds/day rate);
16 less capable 105mm artillery guns (because of US' inability to send more of abovementioned 155mm systems);
200k rounds of small arms ammunition (not enough to arm even 1k men for a single day - infantry usually gets 7 magazines with 30 rounds each for 210 rounds total going into an engagement);
200 MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (good vs small arms fire & nothing else, certainly not a replacement for lost MBTs, IFVs, & APCs);
These are numbers meant to sound impressive, giving the impression that aid is endless...
For those checking the numbers, it only confirms that aid is indeed petering out.
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