The Kyiv Independent – > 189
orig date 2025-06-12 16:17:30
19:22 12-06-2025 
Why can't the West match Russia's ammunition production?
The West is failing to catch up to Russia's production of the most basic unit of war for the past half-millennium — gunpowder.
The modern propellants and explosives that power war have largely been offshored. While Western manufacturers are churning out shell casings, they are short on the materials to fill them with. A dearth of ammunition from NATO allies has long hampered Ukraine, but is more recently alarming the Western alliance.
Photo: Axel Heimken / AFP via Getty Images