They give some different numbers that are very indicative.
- US supplied Ukraine with more than 2 million 155-mm shells in the past two years
- The price of shells in US went from $1,200 to $8,400
- From October to December inclusive, US supplied Israel with 57 thousand 155-mm shells
- US produced 14 thousand shells per month in 2022, and they want to increase it to 80 thousand by 2025
- Today, it comes out to 28 thousand a month
- Americans themselves, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel all need shells.
- Production volumes in Europe are not named, but it is indicated that they are significantly less than the US
- Russia fires 10,000-30,000 shells per day
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-01-23/nato-signs-1-1-billion-euro-contract-for-155mm-artillery-ammunition
I love how all they managed to do was to quadruple the price of shells. It’s kind of hilarious that people running capitalist countries don’t actually understand how capitalist economics work. They have a scarce commodity and they infused the market with a bunch of money, end result: