While the U.S. Army plans to reach monthly production of 70,000 to 80,000 conventional munitions, including 155 mm artillery shells, by the end of the year or early next year, Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said on Feb. 5 that DoD should consider establishing a strategic stockpile of critical munitions across the military services. "The U.S. Army at the start of the war in Ukraine [in February 2022] had precisely the amount of 155 [mm shells] we were supposed to…
