French Air Force Would Have Only a Few Days of Ammunition in Case of War
The problem is not the high-tech equipment. European armies have good tanks, ships, and planes. Philippe Gros, a researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research, admits this without hesitation. According to him, European forces are “overall on par with Russia” in terms of these equipment and “compensate for their numerical inferiorities with technological superiority”. The soldiers are well trained and well equipped. However, the problem lies elsewhere. Philippe Gros summarizes the situation in one sentence. We have “a little of everything and a lot of nothing.”
Why is the French army not totally ready?
The first problem is logistics. It has been “calibrated to the nearest since decades,” explains Philippe Gros. We are talking about ammunition primarily. Ukraine fires up to 8,000 155mm shells per day. France only produced 500 per year between 2012 and 2017. It was not until 2024 that the Ministry of the Armed Forces increased the target to 100,000 per year.
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