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Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits (foreignpolicy.com)

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Article is paywalled, https://archive.md/Du5yG

In other words, Russia is losing around 320 tank and artillery cannon barrels a month and producing only 20. The Russian engineering industry lacks the skills to build rotary forges; in fact, the world market is dominated by a single Austrian company, GFM. Russia is unlikely to acquire more forges and increase its production rate, and neither North Korea nor Iran have significant stockpiles of suitable replacement barrels. Only a decision by China to provide barrels from its own stockpiles could stave off Russia’s barrel crisis.

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[–] kishkebab@lemmings.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been hearing this for a while, hopefully FP being a more credible source is a good indicator.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I'll believe it when it crashes.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So... Russian economy is a barrel of laughs.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 5 points 4 days ago

A barrel of laughs if you bring your own barrel, anyway.