A Marine with Echo Battery, 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, carries 155mm artillery shells during Exercise Rolling Thunder 22-2 at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 30, 2022. (Ryan Ramsammy/U.S. Marine Corps)
Defense News: Army plans ‘dramatic’ ammo production boost as Ukraine drains stocks
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. ― As donations to Ukraine strain allied munitions stockpiles, the U.S. Army is seeking a “dramatic” ramp up in monthly production of 155mm artillery shells over the next three years, its chief weapons buyer said Saturday.
Those plans hinge on emergency spending for Ukraine that Congress already approved, but also on the more than $600 million in industrial investments in the next tranche of aid and multiyear authorities in the annual defense policy bill still under debate in Congress, according to Doug Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, technology and logistics.
“Funding is already in place, contracts are underway to basically triple 155mm production,” Bush told Defense News on the sidelines of the Reagan National Defense Forum. “There’s funding on the Hill, in the supplemental, to more than double that again. That would take a period of years.
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WNU editor: The US Army's goal is to be manufacturing 42,000 155mm artillery shells per month by 2025. The problem is that Ukraine is going through 10,000 artillery shells per day.
3 comments:
I can't picture these numbers.
Plant Manager and foremen look for squared away production workers, who have been working for 3 months to a year and are hungry. They make them a foremen. Cellular fission process. They can double production every 3 months, if they can build the facilities.
It is a lack of vision and political will. The Democrats do not want to spend the money. It is already obligated for vote buying and new Solyndras.
Got to ride herd. Housing problems and such will create familial and personal stress. Do a good job of riding herd and the process will be seamless.
Above, the perfect fascist spirit.
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