Watching Ukraine burn through ammo fighting Russia has the US Army rethinking how much it really needs for when war breaks out

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A Ukrainian artillery unit fires toward Russian positions on the outskirts of Bakhmut on December 30, 2022.

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For 250 years, US troops could tow their cannons around the battlefield. The war in Ukraine shows they won't have that luxury in the future.

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Army soldiers M777 howitzer artillery
US soldiers move an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at a training area in Germany in March 2013.

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As Ukraine and Russia burn through artillery shells, the US Army is looking for new highly precise rounds to fire from its extra-long-range cannons

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Copperhead laser-guided precision artillery munition
A Copperhead laser-guided anti-tank 155 mm round striking in a test in February 1984.

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Ukraine's new defense minister says he wants to rebuild the country's military industrial complex

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Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov said Ukrainian forces are making a push to produce ammunition locally.

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The US is boosting production for artillery crucial to Ukraine's forces as it struggles to keep up with Russia's war machine

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Ukrainian military fire a M777 howitzer on the Bakhmut direction on May 17, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers fire a M777 howitzer near Bakhmut on May 17, 2023.

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Russian manufacturers are making up to 7 times as much ammunition as Western arms makers, Estonian defense official says

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An abandoned stockpile of munitions.
This photograph taken on September 11, 2022, shows abandoned munitions in a village on the outskirts of Izyum, Kharkiv Region, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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The war in Ukraine is pushing Russia away from its WWII-style artillery strategy, and experts say it's 'a concerning trend'

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Russian troops fire an artillery piece during exercises in the Rostov Region in April 2020.

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Ukraine says its soldiers took out a Russian helicopter with artillery fire

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A composite image comprised from stills of a video shared by Ukraine's Ministry of Defense on August 29, 2023. Left, aerial footage is marked to indicate two russian helicopters in a field. Right, a howitzer gun is seen.
Left: Footage from the claimed strike in February 2023, marked up by Ukraine MOD in August 2023. Right: a howitzer gun barrel.

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Videos of an artillery ambush show Russian tanks and armor making 'opening day mistakes' and paying the price for them

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Ukrainian soldiers fire with D-30 artillery at Russian positions in the direction of Klishchiivka as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 12, 2023
Ukrainian soldiers fire D-30 artillery at Russian positions near Klishchiivka on August 12.

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Ukraine sends the powerhouse 82nd Air Assault Brigade into battle, as generals decide 'to put all their chips on the table,' says defense analyst

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Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade.
Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade

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