[2banana]

Actually, when you think about it, it is a freaking miracle that our troops are as well fed, armed and equipped as they are half way around the world. Compared to any other country or to WWII, Korea or Vietnam, the modern US soldier is way ahead in the logistics department.

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[Looking for Diogenes]

Billions of dollars a year could be saved by sharply reducing the war reserve stocks, and that was what happened. Unfortunately, there were some miscalculations in doing that, and there have been periodic shortages of 5.56mm ammo over the last few years. No one at the Pentagon will give a straight answer as to why this is happening, but whatever planning system they are using, it needs a little tweaking.

It sounds like they need to get some folks in there with experience in private-sector manufacturing.

[demlosers]

1305-00-926-9330
5.56mm ball
Lot number LCL-2004M-365006 Qty. 1680 ea CC/A
DOM: DEC 2004

Time to buy 100 million rounds above.

[Doctor Stochastic]

During the last days of the cold war, a Russian peasant (call him Ivan) is sent to the store by his wife (call her Sonya) to get some sausage. Ivan goes to the local state-run grocery store and asks for some sausage. The store keeper informs him that there is no sausage. Ivan gets mad and points out that this Tuesday and the government always delivers sausage on Tuesdays. The store keeper says, "In the old days, you could be shot for saying that."

Ivan returns home and tells Sonya, "Things are much worse than I thought."

Sonya asks, "Are they out of sausage?"

Ivan replies, "It's worse. They're out of bullets."

[Newbomb Turk]

Dosen't this fall under the "loose lips" catagory?

[demlosers]

So thousands of tons of ammunition was always kept in stockpiles. But this ammo would degrade with age. Thus every year there were large quantities of "use it or lose it" ammo reaching the point where you either fired it off or recycled it.

Hmmm total BS.

Shelf life is indefinite for ammo when stored correctly.

[Barnacle]

Now that we're done with Freepathon, It's time to start "Ammothon".

?;^T

[Traffic_Can]

Hey! I think I have at least a 1000 rounds of Lake City 5.56 mm left.

Maybe I can donate it to the war effort.

[CDHart]

There's a factory in Sedalia, MO, that makes bullets -- called Sierra Bullets -- wonder why they couldn't let a contract to them?

Carolyn

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[BushMeister]

LakeCity$88million

[quietolong]

And look what we have sitting in WI doing nothing!!
And there's a smaller up near Bayfield.

Badger Army Ammunition Plant
http://www.badgeraap.org/index.shtml

http://www.saukprairievision.org/histover.htm

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/aap-badger.htm

[Gritty]

Why don't they just contract some bids out to some of the domestic civilian ammumition plants? They could use the business.

[ninenot]

There was also a reported shortage of 9mm after the Armed Forces switched from the Browning .45 to the Beretta.

Ah, well.