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U.S. Ramps Up Howitzer Shell Production to Supply Ukraine, Replenish Stockpiles

Production rates are rising sharply while U.S. stockpiles are bigger than most people think, the chief of the Army’s acquisition program says

By Alistair MacDonald
 and Andrew Tangel
As Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine, Moscow itself became the target of drone strikes for the first time in the war. Photo: Sergei Bobylev/Zuma Press

LE BOURGET, France—The U.S. has sharply increased production of a key artillery shell, helping to alleviate a global shortage of the ammunition that threatened to squeeze Ukrainian forces as they battle Russia, the U.S. Army’s acquisition chief said.

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