I'm sure EU troops as well. They all fought side by side with US in Afghanistan so are likely aware of US capabilities - or lack thereof.

Whatever military capability there is in NATO, it's clearly on the side of the US. The EU can't even produce basic things like artillery shells and explosives at this point. The UK can't even make steel.

Sorry, but German Rheinmetall is the biggest supplier of artillery shells to Ukraine. So much so that Russia tried to assassinate its CEO.

Sorry, but Europe collectively never managed to produce even close to the amount of shells they promised. Wouldn't be too proud of this performance. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-unio...