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23 May 2024
by Meredith Roaten
Development of the new M72 FFE round has been finalised, and is expected to enter all-up production in 2020. (Nammo)
The US Marine Corps (USMC) will field its first variants of the M72 Light Assault Weapon Fire from Enclosure munitions (LAW FFE) by the end of calendar year 2024, according to a 20 May announcement.
The planned acquisition was first announced in 2020, according to a solicitation released in July 2020. In December 2021 Nammo Defense Systems won a USD498 million contract to build M72 variants with an expected fielding date of fiscal year 2022, according to a press release.
Now, the fielding is expected sometime in calendar year 2024, according to the May release. The delay is due to upgrades to Nammo’s facility in Mesa, Arizona, which builds the weapons systems, said Morgan Blackstock, USMC spokesperson.
The company “took time and spent significant investment” to add the ability to manufacture tubes in-house and an automated production line, Blackstock said in an email on 22 May. “Enhanced” safety procedures were also inserted in the production line, according to Blackstock.
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