Germany plans to significantly increase its ammunition purchases in 2024, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday, as Western countries try to replenish supplies depleted by donations to Ukraine, Reuters reported.
“We aim to triple our spending on munitions in 2024,” he told lawmakers in a speech to parliament, without elaborating.
Germany is the second supplier of ammunition to Ukraine after the USA.
The war in Ukraine has become a war of attrition, with both sides firing thousands of rounds every day, making them a key element on the battlefield, meaning they are now in very short supply in the West.
At the same time, NATO allies are trying to replenish the reserves of their own armies.
In February, NATO said it wanted to increase its stockpile of ammunition because Kyiv was “burning through” shells far faster than Western countries can produce them, and after a year of conflict in Ukraine, it has left allies’ stockpiles badly depleted.
It is currently a mystery how much ammunition the Allies have left, as it is one of NATO’s best-kept secrets.
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