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Thomas C. Theiner

@noclador

Feb 14

artillery, mortar, etc. ammo is all precision manufacturing the West can produce as much as Ukraine and the free world needs, IF governments start paying for the expansion of production. So far only the US is investing in expanding ammo production. 5/n

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How many years can you store a shell before it is too old to use?

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Ukraine received shells from the 1960s and they worked fine. The fuzes have a much shorter shelf life.

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New batch of lies from German press

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@laowaiaround

Feb 14

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It’s sad that humans are still so primitive and haven’t learned from past mistakes :(

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Can PGKs substantially reduce the ammo consumption in the field? Can we produce enough of those, cheaply? Ukraine fires 10k/d during RU offensives. Probably needs to triple that for fire superiority. The West therefore needs production capacity of 1 Million shells per month

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Yes... Machinists know this. automated CNC mills lets you accomplish this with very tight tolerances.

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I do not have a deeper understanding of defense production, but of manufacturing. It is entirely normal to invest in new production lines, meeting extraordinary limits and tolerances. The only prerequisite is to have a firm order & guaranteed production volumes for your planning.

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Great thread

Thanks Thomas !

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As a mechanical engineer who spent 15years in the steel industry, I really like these kind of threads. I also liked the videos we saw on the New York Times, where they visited a shell production facility.

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thank you Thomas

RAMP UP THE PRODUCTION EUROPE

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Norway goverment stepped in with money to help with the ramping up by Nammo.

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Eriksølv

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Nammo/Patria started ramping up production in October. One factory in Norway actually switched from producing car parts to production of ammunition. Article in Norwegian... vg.no/nyheter/innenr

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It is ridiculous that we are talking about increasing production a year after the war started. I really don't see a logical reason why this hasn't been done yet. It is not the money, we gave Ukraine much more already.

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Great thread, thank you. Such a pity that many countries waited so long before investing or making more ammunition.

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nice set of rifled rounds you have there sir

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Thanks for the info Captain Obvious

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And they have a limited useful life! How many years does it expire?

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Wonder what the shelf life is for an ammo shell?

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It's not very true, there are rings (visible on first photo) that squeeze during firing, fitting projectile to rifling of the barrel.

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Jesus, and I thought they can be too thick or too small…

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Size does matter

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Your threads are among the most informative on my timeline; I have no knowledge about most of your topics and therefore enjoy it even more. Thanks

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problems since 1914

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@Rad1And

Feb 14

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As cnc operator and programmer in now days that is smallest probl

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I love your content! Danke nach Südtirol!

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And the “fun” thing about this is that the first thing I see on the video, is “Rheinmetal” which really got some heat on Twitter earlier on because they made the russian Mulino training center possible. We both hate and depend on the weapons companies.

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Question: How do artillery pieces with electronics get powered? Do they need to charge a battery before firing? Or is there some kind of thermal to voltage transformer on there to power the radars and stuff?

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Not entirely true regarding European production. Czech ammo producers doubled their production in 2022, Poland increased it significantly but didn't disclose the numbers, same with Romania and Bulgaria. Rheinmetall is building several new plants (including in Australia).

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I hear that Serbia has a ton of capability and is very good in manufacturing shells and fuses. I know NATO/US were happy customers before, maybe it's time to reorder and lean on that supply chain again...

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Kudos - an unbelievable amount of info packed into an easily understandable thread

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They mass-produced shells even over 100 years ago.

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Thanks Thomas. Golden nuggets from you as always

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You really misrepresent reality- many European countries upgraded ammo production- especially in east europe, but also Britain, scandinavic, even germany

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so...henry shrapnel a british officer invented these death macjines in 19th century

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That kind of precision is easy to do especially today. It's just getting it set up to do that would take time. Once set up they could churn those shells out.

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I hope the Japanese can start producing ammo. They'd be as accurate as you can get.

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Sent this to my son, 17 soon. He's contemplating becoming a chemical engineer. A good example of why chemical engineering is considered by many as the most difficult field of study.

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1)Agreed: the US/EU/NATO must increase armaments production to: Supply Ukraine and replenish Stocks. The West is finally realizing that this is a Shooting War with Putin/Russia, therefore, Western armaments production must increase to a "Wartime Pace": Why? To ensure Freedom

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2)The same armaments production idea includes the production of: MBTs, Armored Vehicles etc. Remember: Most Importantly: Ukraine is WILLING TO FIGHT THIS WAR AGAINST PUTIN: WITH UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS. Therefore there's NO US/NATO SOLDIERS IN DIRECT COMBAT AGAINST PUTIN/RUSSIA.

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