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heroicnapkin t1_j20omeo wrote

Reply to comment by anna_pescova in Lithuania defense minister is leery that Russia will run out of ammo by KimCureAll

Exactly right. You need something to shoot the rounds out of. The M777s sent to Ukraine have already been through the wringer and a lot of them are going out of action. What could be said of the old rusty unmaintained Soviet guns?

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anna_pescova t1_j20p4xq wrote

As a side note...NATO (reserve) tanks get about 10 hours of maintenance every month for each and every vehicle. There's 100's of different mechanical mechanisms (weapons loading actions, main gun elevation, ammo movement trollies, turret gears, engines, transmissions, suspension on each wheel, and the pivots on each track link) that need to be properly lubed and kept free of rust and moisture. Then there's the hydraulic systems that can sit without seals corroding and the fluids collecting moisture. Then you get to the electronics, the batteries, the generators etc.. The Russians haven't needed more than a few planes or tanks at any one time since Afghanistan in the 80s. Nowhere near the NATO schedule. Same goes for Missiles, ICBM's, AA, helios, Howizers, Training, etc. Americans aren't going without free health care for nothing!

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CuntyMcAnus t1_j21e9m2 wrote

American health care has no connection to military spending at all. They spend more on health care than Europeans do.

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jimsmoments89 t1_j22vfnn wrote

Yeah and that only because the middleman insurance companies needs their cut

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