US Army Bringing WW2 Ammo Plants Back To Ramp Up Production : The Questi...

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"Weaponeer

2 days ago

from 1986 to 2000 I was a military class V stock control manager and ran an ammunition supply point.  all these bases and ammunition plants were operational and producing ammunition and explosives for storage and rotating old stock out for training requirements.  we went through over a million rounds a year just in 5.56mm (locally).  But then the USSR fell, and the POTUS at the time figured that with our "enemy" now gone, there is no more need for all the bases, and troops (as well as civil bunkers and supplies), so they were largely sold off.  Ammo plants were closed down because they figured there would not be any need (lack of vision or intelligence) despite the fact that the US was still basically at war in the middle east since Desert Shield and Desert Storm with an active no fly zone in Iraq and Iraq not allowing inspections for WMD.    9/11 and we are in a decade plus war and the ammunition stocks are nearly depleted.   meanwhile, the Govt. is making the US Military even smaller, and removing our ability to fight several wars at once (despite doing so at the time).   and the Govt using the ATF to shutdown gun manufactures and ammunition manufactures.   suddenly, we no longer have the capacity to produce the ammunition needed (and arty shells and bombs).   remember, army ammunition plants produce more than just small arms ammunition, and the companies that did so, now have other contracts, so it's time for the Army to dust off it's equipment and get back to work.       one other thing is the production of new weapons (updated SDB, hypersonic missile components, guided mortars, and a major need for new Javlin Missiles....    which we are just giving away the  missiles as well as the technology as fast as we can print money to do so."