Media: Russia Has Exhausted Almost Half Of Its Stockpile Of Trailed Artillery

• 8.06.2025, 22:54

Also, the rate of deconsolidation has more than quadrupled.

Russian Federation has used up nearly half of its stockpile of trailed artillery at a storage base near the town of Shchuch'ye, which holds about 50 percent of such weapons, "Militar" reports. Also, the rate of de-conservation has fallen more than fourfold when compared to 2022. About this writes Covert Cabal with reference to the analysis of satellite photos.

It is known that the base near Shchuchiego (Kurgan region of the Russian Federation) is located about 1800 kilometers from the line of contact. It was created on the basis of the Defense Ministry's Chemical Weapons Arsenal after the disposal of chemical weapons stockpiles, which was funded by the United States.

Covert Cabal columnists have estimated that about 50% of all trailed artillery of the Russian Federation was stored at this base. 80-90% of these weapons were in "deep storage."

"Despite being an important base, it was one of the lowest priorities in terms of maintenance - a lot of artillery was stored in the worst condition," Militar added.

The columnists said that due to the remoteness of the base, satellite imagery is very rare and not of the best quality, so the count is approximate and with a larger margin of error.

Researchers say that 2,753 pieces of artillery remain on the base, out of the 4,839 that were stored before the start of a full-scale Russian war.

"That said, artillery disappeared from the base at a rate of 72 pieces per month in 2022 through the first half of 2023, and since July 2023 that rate has dropped to less than 17 pieces per month. The peak in artillery mothballing during 2022 can be explained by the creation of a large number of units during mobilization that needed to be saturated with equipment. Russia then created at least 70 new regiments, each of which needed 18-36 artillery systems," the material recalled.

According to experts, after that the rate of reduction was stable, but not enough to compensate for the current costs of artillery. However, observers say that it is very difficult to make an estimate of trailer artillery now, based on satellite data. This is because, for example, a 152 mm caliber barrel, even in the best quality image, will be only one pixel wide.