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| Name | U.S. ramps up making artillery shells for Ukraine |
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| Video Discription | (19 Apr 2023) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4430306 ASSOCIATED PRESS Scranton, Pennsylvania - 13 April 2023 1. Various of robots in forge shop at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant ANNOTATION: U.S. ramps up making artillery shells for Ukraine. A team of robots in downtown Scranton is busy helping make 155-millimeter howitzer shells destined for the Ukrainian army as they fight against the Russian invasion. 2. Various of people working forge shop ANNOTATION: In the forge shop, people oversee the shell production and perform periodic quality control inspections. 3. Robot in forge shop 4. 155 mm being painted by automatic process ANNOTATION: The Army is investing $1.45 billion to expand production of the 155 mm rounds - from 14,000 shells per month to 24,000 later this year - and tripling that production in five years. ASSOCIATED PRESS Kharkiv region - 14 July 2022 5. Various of Ukrainian servicemen firing 155-millimeter artillery shells using an M777 howitzers ANNOTATION: The 155 mm artillery rounds allow Ukrainians to hit Russian targets up to 20 miles away with a highly explosive munition. According to various estimates, Ukraine is firing thousands of artillery rounds daily at Russian positions, using munitions provided by several countries. But that is less than a third of the artillery barrage Russia fires daily at Ukrainians. ASSOCIATED PRESS Scranton, Pennsylvania - 13 April 2023 6. Cooled down 155 mm shell on conveyor belt ANNOTATION: This U.S. Army-owned factory in Scranton and many other military factories are in the process of being upgraded as the Pentagon works to ramp up production of heavy ammunition and equipment required to support a protracted conventional war - or two. 7. Various of people working at the Scranton plant ANNOTATION: The Scranton plant is one of only two sites in the country that can make these 155 mm shells that the U.S. is rushing ASSOCIATED PRESS Donetsk region, Ukraine - 18 June 2022 8. Various of Ukraine military firing howitzer rounds ANNOTATION: to not only to support Ukraine, but to be ready for a potential conflict with China. ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington, D.C. - 16 April 2023 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Cynthia Cook, Center for Strategic and International Studies “The Scranton plant does have room to grow its production rate. It's currently contracted to build something like 11,000, 155 ammunition a month and it can scale up dramatically. And one of the great things about having a government organic industrial base is the ability to do that without lengthier contracting process.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Scranton, Pennsylvania - 13 April 2023 10. Aerial view of Scranton Army Ammunition Plant ANNOTATION: Once a steam locomotive rail yard, the U.S. Army converted the space into the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant 11. Group of 155 mm shells coming out of forge oven ANNOTATION: as a factory to build artillery shells during the Korean War. 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Hansen, Scranton Army Ammunition Plant “Behind me is a finished product. It's painted green, weighs approximately 77 pounds. That's just the steel shell itself.” 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Hansen, Scranton Army Ammunition Plant “The production of the 155 millimeter has many production processes to it. And, you know, we start with receiving steel in 20 foot bars. They weigh about 2,000 pounds. We cut those bars in the billets. We heat it, we forge it, we machine it, we phosphate it, we paint it. We ship it.” 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Hansen, Scranton Army Ammunition Plant STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3b2fb212d7d3478bb5c7854d451977ec |
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