{"id":49124,"date":"2025-11-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/11\/25\/us-army-wants-to-manufacture-30000-155mm-cluster-shells-per-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:01:01","slug":"us-army-wants-to-manufacture-30000-155mm-cluster-shells-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2025\/11\/25\/us-army-wants-to-manufacture-30000-155mm-cluster-shells-per-year\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army wants to manufacture 30,000 155mm cluster shells per year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army is looking for companies that can manufacture the new <a href=\"https:\/\/jpeoaa.army.mil\/Project-Offices\/PM-CAS\/Organizations\/Precision-Attack-Cannon-Munitions\/Products\/XM11208\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/jpeoaa.army.mil\/Project-Offices\/PM-CAS\/Organizations\/Precision-Attack-Cannon-Munitions\/Products\/XM11208\/\">XM1208<\/a> 155mm cluster shell \u2014 and a number of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/5d9080536ac849eabac2c18019bd1ca3\/view\" rel=\"\"><u>market survey<\/u><\/a> published Nov. 20, is to find contractors who can manufacture up to 30,000 XM1208 rounds per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. is currently producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpri.org\/article\/2025\/10\/americas-scale-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fpri.org\/article\/2025\/10\/americas-scale-problem\/\"><u>40,000<\/u><\/a> artillery shells per month, as America and Europe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-union-eu-war-russia-investigation\/33025300.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-weapons-shells-european-union-eu-war-russia-investigation\/33025300.html\"><u>struggle<\/u><\/a> to ramp up production of howitzer munitions in response to the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nov. 20 market survey, meanwhile, noted that the XM1208 can be produced by multiple manufacturers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSources shall include their minimum sustaining and maximum capacity rates,\u201d the Army said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The XM1208, which carries nine M99 Advanced Submunitions, is designed to be fired from both the M109A6\/7 Paladin and M777A2 howitzers. It can be fired out to a maximum range of approximately 14 miles, according to a 2025 Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition <a href=\"https:\/\/jpeoaa.army.mil\/Portals\/94\/Documents\/JPEOAAPortfolioBook_2025.pdf?ver=A_B_NzEETpCjNyGj93y_2g%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/jpeoaa.army.mil\/Portals\/94\/Documents\/JPEOAAPortfolioBook_2025.pdf?ver=A_B_NzEETpCjNyGj93y_2g%3D%3D\"><u>brochure<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ASMs are expelled at a predetermined time in flight using M762\/A1 [electronic time] fuze,\u201d the brochure stated. \u201cThey are armed while falling, oriented via a ribbon stabilizer, and deliver around 1,200 preformed tungsten fragments approximately 1.5 meters above the target area.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the proximity fuze on a submunition fails, there are four back-ups: point detonation upon impact, pyrotechnic and two electronic fuses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detonation \u2014 or the lack of it \u2014 is the impetus behind next-generation cluster shells like the XM1208. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is trying to reconcile two design goals: artillery shells that can launch multiple submunitions, but do so without violating international treaties that ban cluster weapons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cluster weapons, which date back to Nazi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.b17museum.ch\/news_e.php?id=91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.b17museum.ch\/news_e.php?id=91\"><u>Luftwaffe bombs<\/u><\/a> in World War II, target the laws of probability. Using a single bomb to dispense a large number of small bomblets increases the chances of a hit, especially for area fire where targets can\u2019t be precisely located. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facing potential attack by massed Soviet forces, the Army\u2019s solution starting in the 1970s was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/ukraine\/ua-dpicm.htm\" rel=\"\"><u>Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition<\/u><\/a>, or DPICM. These contained numerous grenade-sized anti-tank and anti-personnel submunitions, ranging from 72 bomblets in the M864 155mm howitzer shell, to 644 submunitions in the M26 rocket fired by the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem with those munitions was that the bomblets had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/cluster-munitions-what-are-they-and-why-united-states-sending-them-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/cluster-munitions-what-are-they-and-why-united-states-sending-them-ukraine\"><u>dud rate<\/u><\/a> that ranged between 2% and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-02-1003.pdf\" rel=\"\"><u>14%<\/u><\/a>. (For Russian cluster weapons, that figure is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-66133527\" rel=\"\"><u>40%<\/u><\/a>.) That meant battlefields could become littered with small unexploded bombs that can kill civilians long after the fighting has ended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, the Department of Defense mandated that cluster munitions must have a dud rate no greater than 1%, though that policy was reversed in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army now plans to replace DPICM with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/274796\/army_successfully_conducts_first_cannon_delivered_area_effects_munition_test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/274796\/army_successfully_conducts_first_cannon_delivered_area_effects_munition_test\"><u>Cannon-Delivered Area Effects Munition<\/u><\/a>, or C-DAEM. The program includes the XM1180 shell to dispense anti-armor bomblets, and the XM1208 to release submunitions against personnel and light vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Objectives \u201cinclude delivering enhanced lethality against a broad range of uncertain targets, extending the range and effectiveness against counter-artillery fire, and providing a reliable solution that can operate in GPS-contested environments while mitigating the risk of harm from [unexploded ordnance],\u201d the Army announced after a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/274796\/army_successfully_conducts_first_cannon_delivered_area_effects_munition_test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/274796\/army_successfully_conducts_first_cannon_delivered_area_effects_munition_test\"><u>test<\/u><\/a> of the XM1180 in March 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the bad press for DPICM, the Army is likely to keep it around even 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