Thread by @kamilkazani

1. Russian-Ukrainian war is mostly an artillery war

2. Russian artillery production fully relies upon a few dozen GFM Steyr (Austria) radial forging machines

3. Which rely upon the continuous supply of expendables from the original producer

It is *the* bottleneck. Target it

https://twitter.com/AndriyYermak/status/1724515125309136950

The funny thing with the GFM Steyr is that it is not even a large business. In 2021, its revenue was estimated at only 32,5 million euros. In 2022, it rose to 69,8 million (for obvious reasons). Yet, the Russian artillery industry is critically dependent upon this single company

First, the existing park of GFM Steyr machines requires a steady supply of parts and expendables to keep them running. Consider this one single SXP-55 radial forging machine operating at the Motovilikha Plants, a major artillery & MLRS producer

In April 2023, they purchased the following expendables for their GFM SXP-55 machine. This list gives an idea of:

1. Structure
2. Quantity

of supplies required to keep the stock forging the artillery & tank barrels running. You need details from the original Austrian producer

Second, you need GFM assistance to expand the production capacity. For example, Uralvagonzavod (the only Russian tank producer) is planning to launch a new GFM Steyr radial forging machine in March 2024

Why do you allow Austrians to keep building the Russian military machine?

1. A small (!) Austrian business plays a major role in keeping the Russian artillery industry afloat

2. Russian capacity to forge artillery & tank barrels relies on the GFM machines purchased in Soviet & Putin's times

3. GFM keeps supplying expendables & machines to Russia

Why don't you:

1. Protest at their HQ at Steyr?
2. Question their management, starting from their President & CEO Michael Kralowetz?
3. Contact the Austrian & EU authorities regarding why the GFM Steyr is still capable of supplying & expanding the Russian artillery industry?

This war is an artillery war. Every GFM shipment = your soldiers being torn into pieces. The Ukrainian civil society must take initiative and pressure the GFM Steyr to cease its shipments to the Russian military industry & its proxies

Small company -> easy to pressure

Do it

Here you can read more details & background for how a small Austrian business ended up as a major supplier of major military industrial complexes over the globe

kamilkazani.substack.com/p/why-does-the…