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Article: Bullet industry is on the rise due to wars and increased training needs.(Production Capacity Will Increase To Two Billion Rounds)
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- Manufacturing & Technology News
- Article date:
- July 7, 2004
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The federal government is in a dash to increase U.S. production capacity of small caliber ammunition. Surging use of ammo due to training requirements and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has caused demand for small caliber ammo to skyrocket by more than 400 percent over the past four years. As a result, the U.S. has turned to Israel and Britain to make up for the shortfall in U.S production.
In 2000, total production of small ammo rounds (5.56 mm used in the M-16, 7.62 mm and .50 caliber rounds) from government-owned, contractor-operated factories was 350 million rounds per year. Demand is now 1.3 billion rounds per year and the Army expects demand to grow to ...