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 * GAO Reports, . "Defense Ammunition: DOD Meeting Small and Medium Caliber Ammunition Needs, but Additional Actions Are Necessary: GAO-05-687. ." //GAO Reports// (2005): 33. Web. 21 Aug. 2012. .
 * 1) Lake City is the primary producer of small-arms ammunition in the United States.
 * 2) Lake City had a contract that called for the production of 350 to 800 million rounds of 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and .50 caliber ammunition.
 * 3) The amount of rounds, in millions, increased by 1,056,600,000 from the year 2000 to 2005.
 * 4) All ammunition cartridges are composed of several components that must be assembled at different stages of production.
 * 5) A cartridge consists of the primer, the case, the propellant, and the actual bullet.
 * 6) In 2005, only 21.5 million medium caliber rounds were required to be manufactured, while 1,709,000,000 small caliber rounds were required to be manufactured that same year.
 * 7) The DOD has initiated several steps to meet the increased demand, including funding about $93.3 million for modernization improvements at the three government-owned ammunition plants producing small and medium caliber ammunition.
 * 8) From 2000 to 2005, the amount of medium caliber rounds required to be manufactured has increased from 11.7 million rounds in 2000 to 21.5 million rounds in 2005.
 * 9) The Lake City ammunition plant had two modifications: upgrades to the small caliber production lines and replacement of die sets for manufacturing ammunition components.
 * 10) The Milan ammunition plant had two modifications: modernization of temperature humidity control used for producing mortars and production support and equipment replacement.
 * 11) In 2005, 21.5 million 40mm rounds were produced.
 * 12) 112.8 millions medium caliber rounds were produced from the years 2000 to 2005.
 * 13) Between 2001 and 2005, the DOD funded $93.3 million to upgrade three government-owned plants that produce small and medium caliber ammunition.
 * 14) The PEO purchased approximately 120 million rounds of war reserve stocks from the
 * 1)  Between years 2000 and 2005, total requirements for small caliber ammunition increased from about 730 million to nearly 1.8 billion rounds.