Interesting article,
US Military imports ammo

This is pretty incredible, Aparently for every insurgant killed, US forces spend around 250,000 rounds. Thats a whole lot of brass.. I have a feeling that ammo prices are gonna start skyrocketing pretty soon, guess I better start stocking up.

Oops, I put it in the wrong category, intended it to go into Around the Campfire. Can a mod move it please? Thanks

Not when you consider the majority of those rounds are fired in training. That's how our guys remain the best. As far as supply goes, stock some reloading equipment and components, and you'll be protected against any short-term shortages.

That sounds like the thinking that came out of McNamera's Pentagon during Vietnam. His "wiz kids" (mostly accountants and MBA types) held the notion that "for x rounds expended there should be y dead bad guys". "Body count" is not a good way to run a war.


JimJr

hey black wulf this is old news it's made it's rounds on most gun related forms i visit about a year or two ago...it seems the IMI ammo in 5.56mm is going to be used for state side training only...thier was a brew-ha-ha about using Jewish made ammo to kill Arab terrorists,so yes the U.S.is buying the ammo but it stays here in the states....i try to find the info on this article via the other gun forums and share it here...vince g. 11b inf..

I'm not sure what you are arguing here. The ratio of 250,000 rounds fired per dead bad guy sounds like a worthless statistic that some bored newspaper guy came up with. But I'll play along to this extent: if that is the level of practice it takes to maintain the best military in the world, then so be it. If it appears wasteful, well, welcome to the wonderful world of the Pentagon.