⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🇵🇱🛠 Repair of failing Western Weapons⚡️
A team of US military specialists has been deployed in Poland to remotely help Ukrainians repair failing Western weapons.
The list of weapons covered by the American guarantee includes 14 items, including HIMARS, 155-mm howitzers and Javelins. A separate closed chat room is set up to advise on each type of weapon, and internet connectivity is provided by Starlink satellites.
Certain issues have stumped the US military: it turns out that Western armaments cannot withstand the stresses of constant use. Howitzers, for example, are having their barrel rifling wiped out.
“We were not prepared for such wear and tear on the howitzers. They were never even tested under such conditions. This kind of ammunition consumption was not foreseen by either weapons manufacturers or development program managers,” the U.S. Army lieutenant colonel claims.
As the American officer admits, “Many of the parts that need to be replaced are simply not available.”
The base where the American specialists work is under special protection. Patriot air defence systems are deployed there, because the US military command fears Russian missile strikes against it. The state of the security systems was recently inspected personally by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley.
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“We were not prepared for such wear and tear on the howitzers. They were never even tested under such conditions. This kind of ammunition consumption was not foreseen by either weapons manufacturers or development program managers”
Are you sure this is correct? What did they design them for? Or could this be intentional misinformation from the military to make the Russians think the howitzers are in disrepair?
In 1814 the British Navy fired cannons at Fort Henry for 25 straight hours. Even with muzzle loading cannons that’s quite a lot of rounds. Modern equipment should be capable of at least that.
I would expect the barrels are only good for about 500 rounds tops.
Horse crap. The United States Army and U.S. Marine Corps have been in constant combat for 20 years. We have used and tested the M777 and it the HIMARS systems under all sorts of conditions. This statement is verifiably false. It makes the entire article suspect.