Point of order, you don't call Switzerland the Switzerland, so why call Ukraine the Ukraine. Its a sore point for Ukrainians, as it was a way for Russians to dismiss their rights to statehood. It depends one which category, when you refer to ammuntions. Since the war started, Ukraine has expanded domestic production, not only restarting production of Soviet calibres, but also making NATO standard ammunition. Virtually all small arms are now domestically produced, including the AR15-type weapons you see some soldiers with. 155/152mm artillery shells; about 40% domestic, and increasing 122/125mm Soviet; about 50%, likely to achieve 80% by end of year Small Arms ammunition; about 30%, mainly because they lost key factories in 2014. Expanding Drones (FPV, loitering); 96%. Effectively self sufficient. Probably the most import battlefield munition they have Missiles, long strike weapons: about 30%, increasing. heavy dependance on complex Western systems, but note they are now fielding new domestic designs Switzerland is far down the list of important customers. The Swiss order from NATO manufacturers, and expect to get priority over NATO members and allies. No they don't. They'l get sloppy seconds. European artillery production, mainly UK, Germany, France, was 300k shells in 2023, hit a million by 2025, and will be 2 million by 2027. US artillery shell production, of 155mm, is about 600,000 shells, should hit 1.2 million this year. Ukrainian demand for shells, for a defensive posture, is 2.5 million a year, but will need 4.5 million if they want to push the Russian pigs out.
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