NATO may produce 3 million rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition in 2025

NATO is on track to produce roughly 2 million rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition in 2024 and could hit 3 million rounds in 2025, one senior NATO official told journalists, Report informs via Semafor News.

“It’s not enough, but it’s a big uptick,” the official said. While the goal is not to strictly outproduce Russia in raw terms, we need to be able to produce what we need for NATO deterrence and defense and to supply Ukraine,” he added.

NATO members are also motivated by a desire to reduce the Western defense industry’s dependence on Chinese components.