While the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is considering, where to get funds for the bulk purchase of the Bogdana self-propelled guns and Czech 152-mm self-propelled guns Dana M2, "The Armed Forces of Ukraine have to be content with Soviet-made technology". This is how the Ukrainian press describes the situation in the troops.
In particular, indicates that, that the Shepetovsky plant resumes the repair of the Acacia and Gvozdika self-propelled guns for the needs of the armed forces of Ukraine.
At the same time, the plant itself needs components for this type of weapon.. At one of the sites, which in Ukraine is reserved for public procurement, spare parts posted, which must be purchased for the repair of 122-mm and 152-mm self-propelled artillery mounts.
The list is impressive. There are dozens of positions, including such as filters, hydraulic pumps, motors, diesel injectors, relay, control panels, shock absorbers, oil pump, balancers, contact devices, fireworks and more.
In this regard, Ukrainian journalists had a question about whether, why with an increase in funding for the armed forces at times with the mass production of truly new equipment - big problems? The question also concerns, where they are going to buy components for the divisional self-propelled gun "Acacia" developed by "Uraltransmash". In particular, there are concerns about the, that in the end, the scheme that has become traditional for the Ukrainian defense industry can take place, when missing spare parts of some units of equipment are compensated with spare parts from other units. Moreover, such spare parts may be with a long expired service life.. This process is commonly referred to as "military-technical cannibalization". In this regard, the Shepetovsky repair plant is suspected of being ready to repair self-propelled guns using old spare parts..
In some cases, it leads to, that “repaired” equipment can literally stand up after a few days of operation after leaving the repair shop.
