Thread by @armyinformcomua

What #Ukraine needs asap to win the war: heavy #artillery
You might have seen that 🇺🇲 is already helping a lot. This is true. #Ukrainians are thankful a lot. But it’s not enough for 🇺🇦 to protect the whole world from a massive threat to humanity.
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Artillery is the “bread and butter” of war. Ukraine’s “main” artillery calibers are 122 and 152 mm. The problem with 152 mm is that #Ukraine DOES NOT produce ammo of this type (all it has is the legacy from the Soviet war machine).
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Thus, even though 🇺🇦has 152 mm cannons, it is quickly running out of ammo. Given the intensity of the conflict, it won’t be long before 🇺🇦 doesn’t have any 152 mm ammo left. If that happens, 🇺🇦 forces won’t be able to shoot back, and 🇷🇺artillery will overwhelm them.
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The M109 is an #American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7.
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The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions.
The M109 has a crew of four: the section chief/commander, the driver, the gunner, and the ammunition handler/loader.
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The chief or gunner aims the cannon left or right (deflection) and up and down (quadrant).
Currently, Artillery will play a major role in breaking through 🇷🇺 lines by enabling 🇺🇦 to strike critical military facilities such as command centers, ammo storage, and fuel depots.
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This military support will enable 🇺🇦 to reclaim territory lost since February 24th and bring 🇷🇺 to the negotiating table — not as a superpower throwing ultimatums, but as a neighbor willing to make real concessions.
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However, without additional weaponry, this war will become an endless bloodbath, spreading misery, suffering, and destruction.
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