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Marines Order Lightweight .50-Cal Ammo

January 22 2020

USA

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a contract to MAC, Bay St. Louis, Miss., to provide millions of new polymer-cased .50-caliber machine gun cartridges, reports the Dept. of Defense. The $10 million contract, awarded on Jan. 16, covers the annual production of 2.4 million cartridges over the next two years, reported the Marine Corps Times. The service initially announced plans to sole-source the ammunition from MAC in April 2019. Work under the contract is scheduled to conclude...

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