US paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division engage ISIS militants with artillery in support of Iraqi and Peshmerga fighters in Mosul, July 5, 2017. US Army
Tass & Purpose: The Army Plans On Stockpiling Thousands Of Artillery Shells Ahead Of The Next Big War
The Army plans to buy nearly 150,000 artillery shells next fiscal year as soldiers train to fight conventional wars again.
The Army’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget calls for purchasing an eye-popping 148,297 155mm shells, including 1,189 GPS-guided Excalibur rounds designed for use in danger-close situations, officials told reporters on Tuesday. The order reflects a 825% increase from the 16,573 155mm shells the Army planned on purchasing this fiscal year.
“We are training to fight a decisive-action conflict,” said Maj. Gen. Paul Chamberlain, the Army’s budget director.
Artillery rounds and other munitions expire after a certain period of time and must be regularly replaced, said Jack Daniels, Deputy Assistant Army Secretary for Plans, Programs and Resources. Soldiers also use munitions during training, he said.
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Update: US Army Makes Massive Artillery Orders to Train for Conventional War (Business Insider)
WNU Editor: The U.S. military has been burning through a lot of artillery shells lately .... Marines in Syria fired more rounds than any artillery battalion since Vietnam — and burned out 2 howitzers in the process (Business Insider)
6 comments:
They will need them and more plus more tubes. The curtain is rising for the main act in Syria.
Interesting.
Smith.
I only posted "interesting" so that I would see a possible follow-up response from James to your post.
Your off handed, obnoxious response to that comment is further proof of your malignancy. My guess is that given your admiration for child killers wearing the uniform of the Navy Seals, you most likely found the massacre of children in Florida bordering on orgasmic.
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