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  • Siekman, Mark W., David A. Anderson, and Allan S. Boyce. "Small-Arms Ammunition Production and Acquisition: Too Many Eggs in One Basket? ." Army Sustainment 42.5 (2010): 7. Web. 23 Aug. 2012. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com.proxy045.nclive.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=2518c014-66bc-4aa6-b7eb-bcef928d5f87%40sessionmgr113&vid=6&hid=3>.
    1. The City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri has doubled its production of small-arms ammunition from 2003 to 2004.
    2. The main ingredient used in all small-arms ammunition propellants is nitrocellulose.
    3. Ninety-nine percent of all small-arms ammunition used in Afghanistan and Iraq contains nitrocellulose produced at the City Army Ammunition Plant.
    4. The primer in most cartridges is made from over 13 different chemicals that are mixed at the Lake City plant.
    5. Over 99 percent of all small-arms ammunition consumed by the Army is produced by the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
    6. From 1999 to 2008, the 5.56mm was the most produced cartridge, having 7,219,000,000 produced in those nine years.
    7. The main ingredient used in all small arms ammunition propellants is nitrocellulose.
    8. Lake City cannot significantly increase its production of an ammunition type by refitting another ammunition type’s production line.
    9. From 1999 to 2008, 8,589,000,000 small arms rounds have been produced by the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri.
    10. The Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia is the sole producer of nitrocellulose for all propellants used throughout the Army’s ammunition industrial base.
    11. One component unique to machine gun ammunition is linkage pellets.
    12. A key commodity for the bullet is the steel penetrator for each cartridge type.
    13. All small-arms ammunition manufactured at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant receives primers from an on-site manufacturing facility.
    14. All 13 chemicals for primer mix are formulated by U.S.-based commercial companies, but 10 chemicals have origins outside of the U.S.
    15. The operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, classified in the force-sizing construct as two simultaneous major combat operations, changed the requirements for ammunition.