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The dwindling supply of 155 mm shells has alarmed U.S. military planners, and the Army now plans to spend billions on munitions plants around the country in what it calls

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to …

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of ste

The lack of 155 mm shells has alarmed U.S. military planners, who see it as a critical shortage. A historic factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania is one of just two sites in the U.S. that make the steel bodies for the 155 mm howitzer rounds that the U.S. is rushing to Ukraine.

SCRANTON, Pa. -- One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv cant get enough of -- and that the U.S. cant produce fast enough.

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of s

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forg...

SCRANTON (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel ro

View the The Bedford Gazette for Monday, April 24, 2023

The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is modernizing and accelerating the production of ammunition. Ukraine has been using the ammunition from the plant in the war with Russia.