A third of the American M777 howitzers failed after the first use.

In Ukraine, they complained about the poor quality of the American M777 light field howitzers. As it turned out, during the first battle, artillery weapons simply fail, and therefore today these weapons are simply unsuitable for further use, as they require lengthy repairs. Information on this subject was provided by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Denis Sharapov.

“Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Denis Sharapov, in an interview with National Defense, spoke about such an interesting fact that reveals the whole level of fierceness of the counter-battery fight that the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is now waging. According to Sharapov, after each "artillery duel", on average, two out of six M777 howitzers have to be taken away for repair, because the nodes of these guns are damaged by fragments from the "arrivals" of shells., - reports the Ukrainian edition of "Defence Express".

To date, 108 M777 guns have been delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, taking into account the previously announced information, today the Armed Forces of Ukraine can operate only about 30-40 M777 field howitzers - the rest of the guns have either already been destroyed or are being repaired. At the same time, the situation is greatly aggravated, since the daily “shot” of only this weapon varies between 4-6 thousand shells.