Ukraine War: US factories ramp up weapon production
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Published 2023-02-20
To give an idea of the scale required, the army in Ukraine are firing off between 4,000 and 7,000 artillery rounds every single day.
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All Comments (21)
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I feel like this is a time capsule taking me back to 1941.
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Glad someone is covering this. It's an important factor in the Ukraine situation and its future unfolding.
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Big thanks from the Ukrainian people to the American people for help and support!
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Honestly, I want to work in that environment.
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Important to see this production coming back. This will be a source of employment for smaller towns, bringing income to the communities that need it most. It's crucial to cover this side of the conflict as well, so props to SkyNews
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“From here they’re shipped a thousand miles west to Iowa to be filled with explosives….” Oh god I was quite relieved to hear that after watching the forklift operator scooping up loose shells 10 at a time 😅😅 1:27
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Just to be clear, 155 mm ammunition does not get fitted with fuses, they get fitted with eyebolt lifting blugs. At least for the m777a1 howitzer. Fuses are sold separately
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This is very interesting to me for two reasons: 1) I was a gunner in the 80s, the end of the Cold War and I fired a whole of these 155mm and 105mm shells down-range during training, so it's interesting to see the factory that makes them - never seen one before, and 2) I was born and grew up a couple hours drive south of Scranton, PA. I'd love to see how they put the explosive charge in the shells.
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US goverment just added 2 more of these factories to the budget, 1 in Canada 🇨🇦 and 1 in Texas.
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Proudly made here in the USA 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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The war machine’s appetite is ever quenched
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Дякуємо!🌎
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People forget how monstrous the US' manufacturing capabilities for war are. Glad to see such excellent craft going to the Ukrainian army for the defense of their motherland!
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Glad to see the production is increasing. It will need to continue to increase if the US is to be in a position to contest China's ambitions for Taiwan.
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Keep in mind this is only artilleries. Things like the Javelin is much much harder to replenish.
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As horrendous as the war is, I'm just hoping it can at least give a little nudge to our economy again. We really need more manufacturing jobs.
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No, Mark Stone, fuzes are not "fitted" when and where the explosive is loaded into the projectile. The shell will receive its charge that is capped by a plug with a lifting eyelet and the fuzes will be packed and shipped completely separate for safety reasons. The charge in the shells will at worst cook off if set on fire, but not detonate. The fuzes - even if packed by several dozen - have not enough of a fuel in them to create a bigger calamity in case they go of.
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Making more production lines to manufacture these shells is not that difficult if the US Government is writing the check - Furnaces, presses, dies,/tooling, robotic handlers, CNC lathes, inspection equipment, handling equipment could be set up and running before end of 2023 if sufficient engineers are assigned each production module. The war powers act can enable these projects to take priority at suppliers.
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Wow. What a process.
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Rounds don't leave the factory with fuzes. They have lifting plugs. A fuze is fitted to match the target, time, impact or delay just before firing.
