Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  googles

  twitter.com/…/1580582881767718913?lang=en

  A regular 155 mm shell costs around $500.

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  • eleitl@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s what it costs in Russia and North Korea. In the EU the costs are as I cited. And there are no production capacities at the volume required. China stopped exporting the specific type of cotton used for cordite production. Nitric acid is expensive and hard to get.

    You can print billions of banknotes easily. You cant do that with millions of shells.

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    • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      russia and nk uses 152mm, not 155mm

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      • eleitl@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I am aware. The 3 mm calibre difference has no impact on fabrication costs.

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  • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    GLSDB is cheaper than regular GMLRS rocket. ramjet 155mm is prototype. there’s another obscure 155mm ammunition called vulcano that basically packs smaller HE sabot round in 155mm, trading off payload for range, ramjet takes it even further

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  • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    not when there’s a shortage

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