Last week we learned that the US’ 152mm artillery munitions production had suffered a major setback, falling from the peak 50,000 per month milestone, back down to a measly 40,000.

First, on the team that did the research: it was done by Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), which is a kind of open-source think tank formed by Russian dissident Ruslan Leviev back in the early part of the Donbass conflict and Syrian war of the 2014-2015 era. He is wanted by Russian authorities, and as such his team’s findings are obviously done through a pro-Western and pro-Ukrainian slant—which is what makes them all-the-more interesting, given the conclusions made.

Their main paper is found here.