The U.S. Army has issued $53 million in contracts to Orbital ATK to produce large-caliber training ammunition, including 120mm and 105mm rounds.

The 120mm training ammunition, used by Abrams tanks, includes the M865 kinetic energy and the M1002 multi-purpose tank training rounds.

The 105mm M724A2 to be produced is used for crew training on the Stryker Mobile Gun System vehicles.

"High-quality training ammunition is essential to the warfighter, who must be prepared to react decisively on today's battlefield," said Dan Olson, vice president and general manager for the Armament Systems Division of Orbital ATK's Defense Systems Group.

"By leveraging our expertise in tactical ammunition, we have produced training rounds that are visually and ballistically similar to their counterpart tactical rounds, while meeting the reliability and safety performance requirements for use on U.S. and European ranges."

Orbital ATK has delivered nearly 5 million rounds of large caliber tactical and training tank ammunition to the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and allied militaries.

Tweet

Elbit introduces upgraded vehicle mortar system
Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2017
Israel's Elbit Systems is introducing this week the newest variant of its SPEAR MK2 mortar system for lightweight combat vehicles. The system, with reduced recoil, will be showcased starting Wednesday at the International Land Warfare and Logistics Conference in Latrun, Israel. "The Spear's latest version has a high recoil reduction capability, while not affecting the Cardom mort ... read more

Related Links
The latest in Military Technology for the 21st century at SpaceWar.com