Want to compare the guiding rocket with China?American media: Insufficient guided rockets, I may not be able to deal with China

As Ukraine's demand for guiding rockets increased significantly, the United States finally began to discover that its inventory was insufficient in the number of guided rockets, and it has even begun to affect the United States' military preparation for China.

According to the US "Theater" website, the United States has recently been worried about the insufficient inventory of guided rockets. The U.S. government has helped 16 "Hamas" long -range rocket launcher systems from Ukraine, but Ukraine is not satisfied with this and believes that the number of US military aid is less. The United States needs to provide at least 100 "Hamas" long -range rocket launchers to Ukraine. system. This is equivalent to about 20%of the current U.S. military's active and inventory "Haimas" rocket launchers, and has a good appetite.

The reason for the United States to stop is that Ukraine cannot afford so much ammunition consumption of the "Hamas" rocket launcher. If the number of "Haimas" rockets owned by Ukraine is less than 20 units, then Ukraine will not face the problem of ammunition shortage in the short term. But if Ukraine is equipped with more "Hamas" rocket launchers, Ukrainian inventory rockets can only support up to 4 months of consumption. The most important thing is that there are not many ammunition of the "Hamas" rocket launcher in the U.S. military.

In fact, the former U.S. Army and the Seventh Army Commander, Lieutenant General Makch Torin also issued a warning of the "Hamas" ammunition inventory on the Ukrainian army. General Mark He Trin believes that a "Hamas" rocket can fire 6 227 mm rockets at a time. Based on only 2 rounds a day, the 16 "Hamas" of the Ukraine will be removed by 192 a day. The 227mm rocket has consumed 5760 227 mm rockets in one month, and most of them are 227mm guided rockets.

What should the U.S. military do if the U.S. military faces opponents like Russia or China in the future of military conflicts?

At present, the United States provides Ukraine with a M31 227mm guided rocket bullet. This type of rocket is guided by GPS/INS and has a 90 kg high -explosive combat department. The U.S. military itself is also equipped with GMLRS with stronger performance. This is a guidance rocket series with a variety of derivative models. There are both single warhead models that are the same as M31, as well as the AW type of the Bid Bid Battle Department and the maximum range of 150 kilometers, which can effectively enhance the attack distance and strike effect of the "Hamas" rocket launcher.

At present, the U.S. Army has purchased 1002 single bullet types, 3552 AW types and 120 extension GMLRS. At the same time, according to the latest budget, the U.S. Army will purchase 4674 GMLRS guided rockets in fiscal 2023 and 834 pieces for the U.S. Marine Corps. The number of purchases in fiscal 2024 was 3588, the 2025 fiscal year was 3958, the 2026 fiscal year was 3816, and the 2027 fiscal year was 3996. If the 16 "Hamas" in Ukraine chose to play the GMLRS guidance rocket, the US military's GMLRS guided rockets purchased in fiscal year are not enough for the Ukraine to fight for a month.

The U.S. military did not have no preparation for inventory before, but the 500,000 GMLRS guided rockets that had been stored before consumed 20,000 rounds on the Afghanistan and Iraqi battlefields. Even at the current speed of the ammunition of the 16 "Hamas" rocket launchers in the Ukraine, the Ukraine can play a little more than 5 months.

The U.S. military currently has a total of 85,000 inventory demand for GMLRS -guided rockets, and the existing inventory is far from the needs of the U.S. military. Interestingly, Lockheed Martin's current annual output of GMLRS guided rockets is 10,000. If necessary, it can continue to be improved, but as of now, the U.S. military has not proposed to Lockheed Martin to increase GMLRS guidance Requirements for rocket bombs.

The "Theater" website believes that the U.S. military is obviously not paid enough attention to threats from China. As the largest opponent of the US Army, the Chinese Army has continuously strengthened the construction of its artillery fire in recent years. In addition to the tube artillery such as PCL-181 trucks, it is also equipped with a large number of 300 millimeter long-range rocket launchers and 370mm long-range rocket launchers. Essence

Taking the 191 370 mm long -range rocket launchers as an example, it has a variety of 370 mm -guided rockets to choose from, and the maximum range can reach 350 kilometers, which has far exceeded the range of 150 kilometers of GMLRS. In addition, compared to a "Hamas" rocket cannon can only launch 6 227 mm rockets at a time, the 191 type 370 mm long -range rocket launcher launches a vehicle, and you can fire 8 370 mm guided rockets to the target at a time. Essence

There are two types of remote -guided rockets currently used by the Chinese Army, with 300 mm and 370 mm, respectively. Two different caliber rocket launchers can be mixed on the same launch vehicle. It should be noted that there are two models of the 300mm -guided rocket. The first is a simple guidance model. It mainly uses gas to modify the flying posture in the early stage of launch. Control the rudder surface, with the ability of the end with a certain correction, the attack accuracy can reach the rice level.

The reason why the US Army is unwilling to increase the amount of GMLRS purchasing in a short period of time, mainly because in the short term, the US Army and the Chinese Army have no possibility of large -scale land operations.Therefore, although some people have called for the US Army to increase the inventory of missiles such as GMLRS, the US Army is still unmoved.Picture source network, invading deletion.

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