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Army

Army Building Three New 155mm Ammo Lines In Texas By End Of 2025, With Turkish Industry Help

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

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Army Building Three New 155mm Ammo Lines In Texas By End Of 2025, With Turkish Industry Help

Ammo handler at Blue Grass Army Depot prepares 155mm projectile rounds for repalletization. Photo by Dori Whipple, Blue Grass Army Depot

The Army is building three new production lines for 155mm artillery ammunition in Texas, the Pentagon has confirmed, which are each expected to be in operation and producing 30,000 projectile shell bodies per month by the end of 2025. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD OTS) and subcontractors, to include Turkish industry partners, are managing construction, installation and follow-on production of the new 155mm projectile metal parts lines in Texas as part of a previously awarded Army contract, the…

Space

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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