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drray23

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1. very good but hopefully its in the hundreds of thousands not thousands

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 04:27 PM

Jan 2023

A 155 mm howitzer fires at a rate of about 40 per hour. So, if you have an artillery unit (battery) of howitzers which is 6 of them, thats 240 per hour. In half a day you would use 2400 rounds.

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France, Australia to supply Ukraine with artillery shells [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 OP

very good but hopefully its in the hundreds of thousands not thousands drray23 Jan 2023 #1