Well....it's interesting. From March onto July, the Russians were hyped-up on use of artillery, and it was a major part of their limited success story.
In the past month....you don't see that much on artillery use.
I sat and listened to a podcast, where the discussion came up about a maximum number of rounds fired per artillery piece, where the barrel is no longer 'safe' (effective). Typically, it's around 1,000 to 2,000 rounds fired (per modern barrels).
So they were suggesting that the limit has been reached and there's just not that Russian capability existing to mass produce replacement barrels on a bulk scale....that you'd need for a military operation like this.
This already arriving in May? Well....you notice a lot of use of rockets by the Russians in the May/June period. Maybe the switch occurred even earlier.
What this leads to? Well...unless they make new artillery barrels or bulk-buy off India, North Korea or China....artillery isn't going to be a big player for the next phase of the war.
At the rate that tanks and artillery are being removed from the situation? It's a different kind of war, and not one that would be beneficial to the Russian game plan.
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