U.S. ARMY SPENDS $92.3 MILLION ON M918E1 40MM PRACTICE CARTRIDGES
MIDDLETOWN, Iowa -- American Ordnance LLC, Middletown, Iowa, was awarded a $92.3 million modification (P00017) to contract W15QKN-15-C-0044 for the acquisition of M918E1 40mm high velocity target practice cartridge.
Work will be performed in Middletown, Iowa; Bonaparte, Iowa; Mountainside, New Jersey; Lynchburg, Virginia; O'Fallon, Missouri; Radford, Virginia; Coachella, California; and Louisville, Kentucky, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2020.
Fiscal 2017 and 2018 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $92.3 million were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.
The practice round is designed to simulate the M430 cartridge. It is fired from the 40mm Grenade Launchers M75 and M129, as well as the 40mm Machine Gun MK 19.
The company describes the cartridge as a fixed round of ammunition consisting of a one-piece steel projectile body which is fitted to a cartridge case assembly. An ogive containing the firing pin and M550 escapement is threaded to the body. The ogive assembly seals the front end of the projectile cavity which contains an aluminum insert with a flash charge. Upon impact with the target the flash charge ruptures the bottom of the projectile producing a flash, smoke and loud report.
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