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Iranian Ammunition Surfaces In African Conflicts
For years, unmarked ammunition has been turning up in some of Africa’s bloodiest conflict zones — Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ivory Coast. After a six-year investigation, independent arms investigators with Britain-based Conflict Armament Research (CAR) say they have figured out where the ammunition is being made: Iran. According to their December 2012 [...]
Dutch Extend Rheinmetall Ammunition Contract
The Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf and the Dutch armed forces have agreed to extend an existing agreement for the supply of various ammunition types in close cooperation between Rheinmetall and the Netherlands. The new 7-year agreement runs to the end of 2019. Under the existing agreement, Rheinmetall generated annual sales averaging €25 million during each [...]
4,000 tonnes of old munitions explode in Russia
Four thousand tonnes of old munitions blew up at a military site in central Russia on Tuesday, releasing a plume of white smoke into the sky and sending panicked locals fleeing for their lives. The Donguz military range 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of the city of Orenburg in the Ural mountains region caught fire [...]
Army’s Newest General Purpose Round Shows Accuracy In Rifle Competition
The Army’s new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round is performing well under combat conditions in Afghanistan, but how does it stack up during a rifle competition? The Army recently put it to the test against some of the best marksmen in the world at the 2012 National Rifle Association’s National High-Power Rifle Championship at Camp Perry, [...]
Arab Spring demands change in arms policy: report
The government must exercise more caution in granting licenses for the export of arms to authoritarian regimes such as Bahrain in light of the Arab Spring uprisings, a parliamentary report has urged. A Commons select committee review of export controls also revealed that the Foreign Office (FCO) is concerned about the sale of equipment to [...]
Baltic Ministers of Defence Agree on Joint Ammo Procurement
Today, at the meeting at Ämari Air Base, the Ministers of Defence of the Baltic States agreed on a joint ammunition procurement, on contributing a joint unit to the NATO Response Force, and on increasing the HNS-package for the Baltic air policing mission. Ministers of Defence Urmas Reinsalu, Artis Pabriks and Rasa Juknevičienė reached agreement [...]
France Orders Naval Ammunition from Diehl
Diehl Defence has received an order from France to develop and qualify modern naval ammunition. It constitutes a refinement of the 76 mm naval ammunition employed worldwide. The new ammunition is being realized with insensitive explosives and is scheduled for deployment in the OtoMelaraSuper RapidoL-62 naval guns of the new frigates FREMM and Horizon from [...]
GD Awarded Contracts for 120mm Tank and Artillery Ammunition
The U.S. Army Contracting Commands, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., and Rock Island, Ill., have awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), three contracts with a total value of $97 million for the manufacture and delivery of 120mm M865 and M1002 tank training ammunition, 105mm M1130 high-explosive (HE) pre-formed [...]
Improved batteries, SWIPES to lighten Soldiers’ load
A Soldier treks through treacherous terrain in a dangerous combat zone with a rucksack filled with meals ready-to-eat, first-aid gear, weapons, ammunition, radios and batteries. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command is lightening the Soldier’s load by developing smaller and lighter batteries. Scientists and engineers are unburdening the Soldier, increasing maneuverability, reducing fatigue, [...]
