US forces are now using 1.8 billion rounds of small-arms ammunition a year.
 

That's a whole lot of bullets :blink:

Since we aren't killing 1.8 billion people a year (I hope) then I suggest we need to emphasize more marksmanship skills :okthumb:


http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...icle314944.ece

US forced to import bullets from Israel as troops use 250,000 for every rebel killed
Published: 25 September 2005

US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies from Israel.

A government report says that US forces are now using 1.8 billion rounds of small-arms ammunition a year. The total has more than doubled in five years, largely as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as changes in military doctrine.

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