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The consumption of ammunition by the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reached unprecedented levels, Ukraine uses 5-6 thousand artillery shells daily, which is comparable to the needs of a small European country for a year in peacetime. According to the Financial Times, citing the Norwegian arms company Nammo, in this regard, European manufacturers are facing a crisis in the military supply chain.
The company’s chief executive, Morten Brandtzeg, explained that the bottlenecks in the supply chains after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the shortage of critical raw materials for some explosives, led to this, which prevents the increase in production. Demand for some components has grown so much that delivery times have increased from a few months to several years.
According to the head of the company, Mick Ord, customers of the British Chemring, which produces explosives, asked about the possibility of increasing the production of certain materials by 100-200%. He noted that many of the difficulties in supply chains have already begun to ease, but a more serious problem is that output was designed for the previous level of demand, investments in new plants, which will take years to open, are needed to increase capacity. “These are not deliveries where you can just flip a switch,” Ord said.
One particular problem has been a shortage of nitric acid, which is used in small quantities to make explosives and is also needed by fertilizer manufacturers, said Yves Traissac, deputy head of weapons company Eurenco.
Source: Rosbalt
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