Massive New Artillery Ammo Plant Planned For Iowa – RedState

This former military axiom is more true than ever today: “There is no problem that cannot be resolved with the appropriate application of high explosives.” The difficult part of this exercise, sometimes, is to obtain this explosive where it should be – in the immediate vicinity of the bad guys.

We have equipment designed for this purpose. This is called Artillery Field. We have some of the best artillery in the world, but the problem in recent years has been ammunition. All the equipment and the most trained men in the world will not win a war if they have no ammunition, but the Trump administration has made ammunition a priority. On Wednesday, we learned that the American army approved the construction of a new artillery ammunition factory at the Iowa army ammunition plant in Middletown, Iowa.

The army is launching a new massive artillery ammunition factory in the heart of the Midwest, Axios reported on Wednesday.

THE Future artillery complex should go up to the Iowa army ammunition factory, aimed at producing around 36,000 shells per month, according to Axios. MSM Group North America, an American defense manufacturer as part of the Czechoslovak group, will direct the construction of the installation with a contract of $ 635 million.

“”Our main objective is to broaden the depth of the industrial base, in particular ammunition, “the CEO of the MSM group, Jason Gaines, told Axios.” The companies with which we have joined are all extremely capable in their respective fields. “”

We do not know when the factory will be operational, but the clock tour, because we always provide a lot of 155 mm artillery shells in Ukraine:

The army wants to increase the production of artillery shells from 155 mm to 100,000 units per month, an ammunition frequently provided to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022. The army has sent much more than 3 million shells to kyiv since the start of the invasion.

Some defense experts have warned that continuing to send ammunition to Ukraine could drain American stocks at dangerous levels, with similar concerns causing a brief break on missile shipments in Ukraine in July.

It is a valid concern, especially since we must have artillery ammunition; We may not be (directly) involved in a major war for the moment, but Cannon guys also need their training time, and the best training is shooting.

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In the American army, there is a good reason why campaign artillery is called “king of the battle”. Since the advent of modern artillery, the big guns have been by far the n ° 1 of enemy soldiers; The best way to win a conventional ground battle is to have artillery, and many. The Soviets proved that during the Second World War, where they generally turned everything except the sink of the cuisine of the Germans. For the artillery to be good, you need shells. Modern soldiers, of course, have missiles, they have drones, they have all kinds of high technologies. But these are expensive; The shells are cheap and large cannons can continue to put steel on the target all day at a fraction of the cost of these drones or missiles. A heavy barrier often means that enemy soldiers feel sick, and it is understandable; It is difficult to stay composed when the whole world explodes around you.

So we will quickly speed up our production of 155 mm shells, and that’s a good thing. It’s good for our soldiers, it’s good for Ukraine, and it’s even good for the inhabitants of Middletown, Iowa, who will gain well -paid jobs.

And remember: no war has ever been lost because the losing team had too many ammunition.

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