‘Shell Suckers’: I Served in the Field Artillery Branch of the US Army. I Saw First Hand How Fast Artillery Shells Get Used Up

‘Shell Suckers’: I Served in the Field Artillery Branch of the US Army. I Saw First Hand How Fast Artillery Shells Get Used Up

The United States has supplied Ukraine with more than three million 155mm howitzer shells since the war began, significantly depleting American stockpiles. A major ammunition manufacturing facility in Mesquite, Texas, that received $469 million from the Pentagon has failed to produce critical metal projectile components for two years. As a result, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps could be left with dangerously low reserves of artillery ammunition …