Germany has seen its store of artillery shells dwindle to just 20,000 as it attempts to meet the Ukrainian military’s hunger for munitions.
Despite its status as the economic and industrial powerhouse of the European Union, Germany has not been able to ramp up production enough to supply Ukraine with shells while holding on to enough to meet its own defense needs.
Russian forces were lobbing 20,000 shells a day in late November, and Ukrainian forces between 4,000 and 7,000 – figures which have likely risen amid a faltering Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Germany is required to obtain a stockpile of some 230,000 shells, sufficient to support 30 days of intense combat, by 2031, in order to meet its obligations as a NATO member.
During his time in office, President Donald Trump was highly critical of Germany for being consistently “delinquent” on its NATO spending commitments, leaving it ill-prepared to play its part in a crisis like the Ukraine war.
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