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The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant was a 15,546-acre (62.91 km 2) government-owned, contractor-operated facility 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that was established in 1942. The land was purchased from local citizens through Eminent Domain by the United States Department of Defense .
The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (LOW) was a 8,493-acre (34.37 km 2) government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facility in Karnack, Texas that was established in 1942. The Monsanto Chemical Company selected the site in December 1941 to produce TNT. [1] The plant produced 393,000,000 pounds of TNT throughout World War II. [2]
A munitions factory, also called an ordinance factory or a munitions manufacturing base, is a factory that produces explosives, ammunition, missiles, and similar products. They are used by the defence industry to produce equipment for military use, as well as for public consumption in countries which allow citizens to carry firearms .
The American ammunition manufacturer Hornady got the 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge [15] SAAMI-standardized in 2018. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In 2019 it got C.I.P. -standardized as the 300 PRC. [ 18 ] The .375 Ruger cartridge has functioned as the parent case for the .300 Precision Rifle Cartridge (300 PRC), [ 19 ] which is essentially a necked-down ...
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May 19—A firearms ammunition company is planning to move its headquarters to Huntsville and invest more than $12 million in the area. Zinc Point Manufacturing, which produces small caliber ...