Army breaks ground on state-of-the-art 6.8 mm ammunition production facility

By U.S. Army Public Affairs
February 6, 2025

INDEPENDENCE, Missouri – The U.S. Army’s Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition, along with the Joint Munitions Command, officially broke ground on a new 6.8 mm ammunition production facility in support of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The 6.8 mm family of ammunition, set to be produced at the new facility, will play a vital role in advancing the Army’s modernization priorities.

“It is not lost on me that victory on the battlefield begins in our production facilities,” said Maj. Gen. John T. Reim, Joint Program Executive Officer for Armaments and Ammunition. “Lake City has been central to our nation’s ammunition production since 1941, and this new facility builds on that proud and historic legacy.”

The cutting-edge facility, which will be operated by Olin Winchester, is the culmination of an 18-month design process led by JPEO A&A with support from a diverse team of U.S. government and commercial contractors...

Complete article:

https://www.army.mil/article/2..._production_facility

I suppose there might be some conceivable exception(s), but I’m glad to see any new manufacturing facility in this country, and especially anything relating to national defense. I’m currently rereading The Second World Wars by Victor Davis Hanson and I’m struck time and again by his discussion of how it was the United States’ incredible industrial capabilities that were such hugely significant reasons why the US and our allies destroyed the Axis powers.

This has a nice photo of the XM-250. At the end of the article is a list of what units will get these first.

https://www.armytimes.com/news...-mm-rounds-annually/

I would be interested to see if they (LCAAP) have automated their primer production yet.