US Ammo Honcho: Congress Doubled Funding for Shells Critically Needed by Ukraine

A senior US official on Thursday said recently passed legislation by the US Congress doubled funding for acquisition of 155mm artillery shells, an ammunition category critically needed by Ukraine in its war against Russia, Washington news reports said.

Doug Bush, the chief weapons buyer for the US military, told the Reuters news agency that the Pentagon had requested Congress allocate $3.1 billion to purchasing 155mm shell manufacturing and investment in production capacity expansion, and that the actual figure allocated by US legislators was $6 billion.

“We appear to have gotten $6 billion. So that, I think, is a vote of confidence as we make our way to 100,000 shells a month,” Bush said on Thursday.

- The Kyiv Post