Army two-star general talks Watervliet expansion, finding secondary cannon tube producers - Breaking Defense
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The service believes it could have multiple sources forging cannon tubes within 12 to 18 months.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Gnomeslikeprofit on 2026-07-26 22:13:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the USA only has one plant that produces gun barrels for the M1 Abrams tank, M777 howitzers, and Paladin self propelled howitzers. The Watervliet Arsenal in Troy, NY is the nation’s oldest arsenal dating back to 1813. The manufacturing plant has tripled its production over the last 3 years.

  • altphoto@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    It would be good to not exactly give out this sort of information. With all the crazy people out there in ruzzia for example, I much rather not get invaded by rogue drones or whatever.