u/judasferret

The AI hate is real

Indeed a decent hit!

Chatgpt thoughts.. With some spot checking on the math seems right..

Here’s the context of 250,000 tonnes of munitions from the Russian side:

Russia fires 10,000 to 60,000 artillery shells per day, depending on the front.

A typical 152mm shell weighs around 40–43 kg.

That means Russia can burn through 1,800+ tonnes per day in peak operations.

Russian production in 2023 was estimated at 2 million+ shells per year.

Russia also draws from Soviet-era stockpiles and imports from North Korea and Iran.

Russian doctrine favors volume over precision. Their artillery-centric strategy relies on overwhelming force rather than accuracy.

250,000 tonnes equates to roughly 6 million shells.

For Russia, that’s only about 3–5 months of usage at current intensity.