Ukraine ping
https://www.army.mil/article/271572/strengthened_army_industrial_base_doubles_artillery_production
[Currently, the Army ships steel from Ohio to two facilities in Pennsylvania, the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, and a sister facility in Wilkes-Barre. These two plants turn 2,000-pound steel rods into two-foot-tall artillery shells.
The shells are then transported to the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, where they are filled with explosives and sealed. The propellent and charges for the rounds are mostly produced at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia and the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee.]
Thanks Zhang, good to know!
I don’t know when the three new Texas production lines will be in production but they are supposed to use new technology to make 155 shells.
“that will utilize free-flow forming technology, which delivers flexible, cost-effective and precise metal forming with higher machine speeds and more accurate, uniform products.”
Interesting, but a lot of supply chaining.