The US Has Given Ukraine 800,000 155 mm Artillery Shells

Ukrainian troops fire a M777 at the front line in the Kharkiv region on July 21. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Business Insider: The US has given Ukraine nearly a million 155 mm artillery shells. Now it's looking for US companies to build more of them. 

* The US Army is looking for companies that can build up to 12,000 155 mm artillery shells a month. 

* The Army's survey comes as the US supplies Ukraine with arms, including some 800,000 155 mm rounds. 

* The scale of the effort to supply weapons has raised concerns about the status of US stockpiles. 

With US ammunition stockpiles being depleted by deliveries to Ukraine, the US Army is looking for new manufacturers for 155 mm howitzer shells. 

The Army recently put out a market survey to identify US and Canadian companies that can manufacture up to 12,000 M795 155 mm high-explosive shells a month. 

The M795 is the standard shell for Army and Marine 155 mm howitzers and would be the prime ammunition for any US-designed 155 mm howitzers sent to Ukraine, which is already using M777 towed 155 mm guns sent by the US and Canada.

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WNU Editor: At $100,000 per shell, the U.S. is also supplying Ukraine the GPS-guided Excalibur shell .... Most-Accurate US Artillery Shell Is Added to Ukraine’s Arms (Bloomberg).