Lake City is the primary producer of small-arms ammunition in the United States.
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.
The amount of rounds, in millions, increased by 1,056,600,000 from the year 2000 to 2005.
All ammunition cartridges are composed of several components that must be assembled at different stages of production.
A cartridge consists of the primer, the case, the propellant, and the actual bullet.
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.
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.
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.
The Lake City ammunition plant had two modifications: upgrades to the small caliber production lines and replacement of die sets for manufacturing ammunition components.
The Milan ammunition plant had two modifications: modernization of temperature humidity control used for producing mortars and production support and equipment replacement.
In 2005, 21.5 million 40mm rounds were produced.
112.8 millions medium caliber rounds were produced from the years 2000 to 2005.
Between 2001 and 2005, the DOD funded $93.3 million to upgrade three government-owned plants that produce small and medium caliber ammunition.
The PEO purchased approximately 120 million rounds of war reserve stocks from the United Kingdom in 2004.
Between years 2000 and 2005, total requirements for small caliber ammunition increased from about 730 million to nearly 1.8 billion rounds.
United Kingdom in 2004.