Ukraine Is Burning Through 155mm M777 Howitzer Barrels So Fast The U.S. Army Can't Keep Up

I can't believe I was right when I said west gave most of its artillery to Ukraine

In 2022 Ukraine received 200 of those (100% now more) that would mean 1/5 of what U.S. has.

The U.S. Army is moving to establish a second production source for barrels for 155mm M777 towed howitzers in response to what it calls "unprecedented demand" from Ukraine. Only one U.S. government-owned and operated arsenal makes the barrels and that facility cannot currently meet a requirement to churn out more than 30 new ones each month.

Barrels are the most important part so it's as good as sending new gun.

It is unclear how many M777s Ukraine has received from the U.S. military and other sources since Russia launched its all-out invasion in February 2022. A Pentagon factsheet put out in December simply says the United States has provided "more than 200 155mm howitzers,

You remember when Redditors were believing that everything Ukraine receives is officially reported. But it turned out not to be true but they still can cope that Ukraine only has 31 abrams while Russian captured more than 31 abrams and technically have more abrams than Poland.

How many M777s are in active Ukrainian service today is also not clear. There is visual documentation of nearly 100 M777s being damaged or destroyed in Russian attacks, which may not reflect the complete total. Some damaged howitzers could have been put back into operation, as well.

The using as cope source "oryx" but it's interesting that oryx admitted 129 Bradley's lost

It's very interesting that's it's "more than" and not exact number like with T72 45

Some comments

Barrel wear can not be avoided, and the higher the muzzle velocity and further the range, the shorter the usable lifetime of barrels. As the barrels wear out, the accuracy declines, but since the accuracy of Western made artillery is generally superior to guns made in RuZZia and/or the Soviet Union that danger is somewhat lower for the Ukrainian side. Still, barrel wear is serious and barrels are a component that needs to be replaced after a certain use. Think of it like a gear box from a Ford Taurus. needs to be replaced after 100,000 miles. No big deal, as long as you are prepared.

We know that the RuZZians are already sending artillery from the early 1950s to the frontlines and pictures of storage depots show lots of guns and also tanks without barrels.

Article literally says US can't keep up replacing them and he writes "no big deal as long as you are prepared"