That's not exactly true, as there's plenty of M198 built, they're just in storage. Ammunition is what's the main issue. There's also plenty of M1 tanks in US.

That's not exactly true, as there's plenty of M198 built, they're just in storage. Ammunition is what's the main issue. There's also plenty of M1 tanks in US. The question arrises, when people start to realize that the storage of those wasn't up to the required standards. The worst part was that multiple countries dragged their feet on providing arms and realizing that 2022 was the start of a new arms race. And multiple countries are still reluctant to commit to refill the arms stockpiles.(hence the inability to even start mass production 2 years after it's clear what's going on) > whoever thinks Russia is a threat is to be laughed at and needs their head checked As a Lithuanian - I know this all too well. My mother tongue is Russian and Russian political class had been dominated by anti-western, revanchist and militaristic rhetoric for at least the last 17 years. No one in the west bothered to listen.