Get Ready, North Korea: The Army Plans to Buy Nearly 150,000 Artillery Shells
Task and Purpose [2]Jeff Schogol [3]
The Army plans to buy nearly 150,000 artillery [4] shells next fiscal year as soldiers train to fight conventional wars again.
The Army’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget calls for purchasing an eye-popping 148,297 155mm shells, including 1,189 GPS-guided Excalibur rounds designed for use in danger-close situations, officials told reporters on Tuesday. The order reflects a 825% increase from the 16,573 155mm shells the Army planned on purchasing this fiscal year.
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