AMERICA has ordered 87 more world beating Barrow-designed
M777 field guns in a contract worth £88m to BAE.
The order will help extend the existing order book in Barrow by two more years.
And workers at BAE Land Systems at the shipyard think a further big order for the guns from the US will follow.
Barrow conceived and designed the gun, which is the first in the world to use lightweight titanium and aluminium alloys, and makes the complex saddle and cradle of the guns.
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(RG) In these depressing times of credit crunch this is a boost for my local Town and the economy, its also a very good field gun by all accounts or the Americans would not be buying that’s for sure. Its also bad news for the enemy that will be at the end of a Fire Mission Battery!
© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.
Rogue_gunner_32_alpha@yahoo.co.uk
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M777 field guns in a contract worth £88m to BAE.
The order will help extend the existing order book in Barrow by two more years.
And workers at BAE Land Systems at the shipyard think a further big order for the guns from the US will follow.
Barrow conceived and designed the gun, which is the first in the world to use lightweight titanium and aluminium alloys, and makes the complex saddle and cradle of the guns.
Read It Here
(RG) In these depressing times of credit crunch this is a boost for my local Town and the economy, its also a very good field gun by all accounts or the Americans would not be buying that’s for sure. Its also bad news for the enemy that will be at the end of a Fire Mission Battery!
© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.
Rogue_gunner_32_alpha@yahoo.co.uk
Boycott BP
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