Pakistan’s military is grappling with a critical shortage of artillery ammunition, severely undermining its operational readiness and raising concerns about its ability to withstand even a brief high-intensity conflict.
The Pakistan Army currently possesses enough ammunition to sustain combat for just 96 hours, a development that has triggered serious alarm within military circles.
The shortage stems from Pakistan’s recent arms transfers to Ukraine, particularly the export of 155mm artillery shells – crucial to Pakistan’s artillery-heavy doctrine.
These exports, conducted amid surging global demand and lucrative contracts, have reportedly drained the country’s strategic reserves, leaving its powerful M109 howitzers and BM-21 rocket systems dangerously understocked.
The report also states that the gravity of the situation was a key agenda item during a Special Corps Commanders Conference held on May 2. Pakistani military hierarchy is deeply concerned up to some limits of panic.
