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How much do 155 mm artillery rounds cost now? And how many are fired in Ukraine?

by chewz on 3/13/24, 7:21 AM with 4 comments

• by VK538FY on 3/13/24, 8:08 PM

  I read through the article as well as the article to which it linked. No mention of the Russian cost of such munitions, which is quite pertinent.

• by throwitaway222 on 3/13/24, 7:36 AM

  Soooooooooo

  How about military spending now? venture capital in weapon systems companies....

• by illuminant on 3/13/24, 8:51 AM

  TL;DR; (though it's pretty interesting)

  1 standard 155mm shell costs about $3600, (up from ~$2k before the war)

  And 1 smart shell (guided) around $110,000

  Ukraine fires about 4-7k dumb rounds per day (Russia fires around 20k).