Procurement.

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Find/procure/obtain. Czech si, the rest of NATO no?

"The Czech Republic found almost a million shells for Ukraine"

From Militarnyi ^ | 2/18/24 | the tip from Freeper.

"The Czech Republic has found about 800,000 artillery shells of NATO and Soviet-era caliber that can be shipped to Ukraine in a few weeks. However, for this, funding must be secured quickly. Czech President Petr Pavel stated this during a debate at the Munich Security Conference. According to the Czech President, the country’s representatives managed to find about 500,000 155-mm artillery shells and 300,000 122-mm shells abroad"

122 mm a Soviet era artillery round as fired by the D-30 howitzer. 155 mm of course the NATO standard round as fired by M777 or CAESAR firing units.

D-30 existing in the towed and self-propelled version. Ukraine possessing at the start of the Conflict about 250 tube artillery of combined varieties towed/self-propelled.

M-30 122 mm ammunition a pre-WW2 howitzer also compatible with the D-30 more modern artillery piece. Many nations still have M-30 in their inventory and presumably ammunition for same. How safe and reliable to use such relatively ancient ordnance I cannot say.

That number of artillery rounds of all sizes will last the Ukrainian about six months NORMAL rate of fire but only slightly less than three months during anticipated HEIGHTENED military operations.

I was going to suggest that the Ukrainian can buy from North Korea [DPRK] 122 mm artillery ammunition. Doubt the North would sell. Even Kim would be wary of incurring the wrath of Vlad. Additionally DPRK artillery ammo unconditionally unreliable under all circumstances?

coolbert.