New Army ammo: better, stronger, greener

The Army is set to show off a new ammunition with improved accuracy and higher velocity, improved hard target capability, more consistent soft target performanc...

Green lighting, green energy, and now, green ammo! The Army will test its lead-free ammunition at a demonstration later this morning at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The “green” rounds have environmentally-friendly projectiles that could save up to 2,000 tons of lead a year the Army says. They have already been distributed to war zones. At the demonstration, the green ammunition will go up against old lead-based rounds to see how they perform

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