History, Politics And Current Affairs

Looking ahead to March 1976:

- French wine riots (zut alors!) and their own nuclear power plans
- Nadia Comaneci achieves something pretty big in a U.S. competition
- Refurbishment of the Maunsell Forts in the Thames Estuary
- The British budget comes out in an election year, with some different spending priorities given the lack of the national debt, a current account surplus, a burgeoning budget surplus, ever-growing oil and gas revenues, no significant inflation, and sterling not floating, as the Bretton Woods system continues. There is some more money for defence and intelligence, some notable investment in infrastructure and fusion power, industry, computers and space
- A bit of a look into Australia at 75 years after Federation
- A BBC programme leads to an increase in people wanting to move to Fiji, get a sheep and a cow, and raise horses
- The Cola Wars heat up, with the intervention of a master criminal revealing a certain formula and a list of 11 particular herbs and spices
- Springtime in America, or a DE equivalent to a well known advertisement in a different context
- A different outcome to a cable car accident in Italy
- Development of the planned replacement of the B-52 continues to gather pace. As of 1976, SAC is well on the way to replacing the B-47 and B-58 with the new B-76; a new tranche of B-70s and B-72 atomic powered bombers is being ordered; is building a very strong force of FB-111s (equivalent to the proposed FB-111H) in the intermediate/sub-strategic niche; and is fielding ALCMs, ALBMs and SRAMs on the B-52 force. The B-52 replacement would be something like if the child of the B-1A and the Tu-160 being dropped into magic potion as a baby. The issue is that replacing 2000+ B-52s of all types is going to be a costly endeavour
- New Politburo members emerge, and some old ones make some surprising returns
- Some developments in British immigration and emigration, including a possible inflection point of sorts, and demographic development downstream in Australia, NZ, South Africa and Canada, among other places
- A meteor shower in China has some interesting effects
- Discovery of oil off the Philippines
- Kentucky ratified the 13th Amendment
- Stabilisation in the Lebanon
- The wacky adventures of a yakuza kamikaze porn star
- Plans for the future of the Indian Navy are formulated
- The first episode of a new BBC television series on the Second World War, including new interviews with Monty, Churchill, Harris, Mountbatten, Fraser, Lawrence, Ratcliffe, Menzies, Eisenhower, Jock Campbell, Wingate, Biggles and more
- Portuguese forces experience setbacks in Angola and plans are laid in various capitals
- An almost entirely different Academy Awards, with some very big pictures competing against each other. Will Schwarzenegger win Best Actor for Conan, or will it be Alec Guinness or Roy Scheider?
- Several further new aircraft begin development, including a multirole fighter version of the Tornado and a next generation agile combat aircraft/air superiority fighter
- Opening of the Washington Metro

US Armaments Production Infrastructure 1975/76

Artillery, Tank and Armoured Fighting Vehicle Shells

Shell Manufacturing Plants
Scranton AAP: 375,000 x 155mm shells per month
Milan TN AAP: 375,000 x 155mm shells per month
Mississippi AAP: 250,000 x 155mm shells per month
Iowa AAP: 250,000 x 155mm shells per month
Ashton ID AAP: 250,000 x 155mm shells per month

Rochester AAP: 375,000 x 125mm shells per month
Salina UT AAP: 375,000 x 125mm shells per months
Lone Star AAP: 375,000 x 125mm shells per month
Hays AAP, Pennsylvania: 375,000 x 125mm per month
Verdigris, OK AAP: 250,000 x 125mm per month
Owensborough, KY AAP: 250,000 x 125mm per month
Birmingham AAP: 250,000 x 125mm shells per month
Gadsden AAP: 250,000 x 125mm shells per month
Kalamazoo AAP: 250,000 x 125mm shells per month

Crane AAP: 500,000 x 4.2" mortar shells per month
St. Louis, MI AAP: 500,000 x 4.2" mortar shells per month
Sangamon IL AAP: 500,000 x 4.2" mortar shells per month
United States Ordnance, Monroe, LA: 500,000 x 4.2" mortar shells per month

General Defense Ordnance, Glen Wilton, VA: 1,000,000 x 81mm mortar shells per month
National Ordnance, Apco, OH: 1,000,000 x 81mm mortar shells per month

American Ordnance, Ulysses, KS: 200,000 x 203mm + 100,000 x 175mm + 50,000 x 240mm shells/month (1)
United States Ordnance, Hamilton, OH: 200,000 x 203mm + 100,000 x 175mm + 50,000 x 240mm shells/month (2)

American Ordnance, Cedar Rapids, IA: 500,000 x tank shells per month
United States Ordnance, Tulsa, OK: 500,000 x tank shells per month
General Defense Ordnance, Pittsburgh, PA: 500,000 x tank shells per month (3)
National Ordnance, El Dorado, AR: 500,000 x tank shells per month (4)

General Defense Ordnance, Denton, TX: 1.5 million x 50mm shells per month
National Ordnance, Tucson, AZ: 1.5 million x 50mm shells per month
United States Ordnance, Le Porte, IN: 2.5 million x 25mm shells per month
American Ordnance, Concord, NH: 2.5 million x 25mm shells per month

Republic Steel: 100,000 x 203mm shells + 50,000 x 175mm + 25,000 x 240mm shells/month
Kaiser Steel: 100,000 x 203mm shells + 50,000 x 175mm + 25,000 x 240mm shells per month
National Steel: 100,000 x 203mm shells + 50,000 x 175mm + 25,000 x 240mm shells per month
Bethlehem Steel: 250,000 x 155mm, 100,000 x 203mm shells + 50,000 x 175mm + 25,000 x 240mm shells per month
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company: 250,000 x 155mm, 100,000 x 203mm + 50,000 x 175mm + 25,000 x 240mm shells per month

Explosives Factories
Indiana AAP
Joliet AAP
Louisiana AAP
Cornhusker AAP (Grand Island, Nebraska)
Holston AAP, Tennessee
Springfield, IN AAP
Casper, WY AAP
West Virginia AAP
Longhorn AAP, Texas
Green River AAP, Illinois
Alabama AAP
Pulaski, VA AAP

Small Arms

Small Arms Production
Springfield Arsenal, MA: 132,575 M16 battle rifles
Richmond Arsenal, VA: 72,510 M16 battle rifles
Harper's Ferry Arsenal, WV: 75,580 M16 battle rifles
New Haven Arsenal, CT: 22,545 M60 GPMGs + 40,119 M249 LMGs
Frankford Arsenal, PA: 144,723 M78 SMGs
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ: 47,249 M249 LMGs
Columbia Arsenal, SC: 96,792 M25 automatic rifles
Barstow Arsenal, CA: 5925 Maxims + 24,369 M96 90mm Super Bazookas

Private Small Arms Production
Colt: 196,924 M17 Colt Commando carbines + 52,368 M1911 pistols
Armalite: 120,000 M16 battle rifles
Browning: 29,478 M2 HMGs + 29,684 M60 GPMGs
Remington: 78,236 M16 battle rifles
Winchester: 82,429 M16 battle rifles
Smith & Wesson: 50,316 M1911 pistols

(Sturm, Ruger & Co)
(Military Armament Corporation)
(Iver Johnson)
(Auto-Ordnance Company)

Small Arms Ammunition
Riverbank AAP, CA: 5 million rounds/day
Lake City AAP, MS: 5 million rounds/day
Twin Cities AAP, MN: 5 million rounds/day
Des Moines AAP, IA: 5 million rounds/day

Lowell AAP, MA: 1.25 million rounds/day
Allegheny AAP, PA: 1.25 million rounds/day
Denver AAP, CO: 1.25 million rounds/day
Evansville AAP, IN: 1.25 million rounds/day

Small Arms Propellant
Badger AAP, WI
Sunflower AAP, KS
Gopher AAP, MN
Pryor AAP, OK

Tanks and Armoured Vehicle Production

Tanks
Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, MI: 42 M70 Marshall MBT/week
Lima Army Tank Plant, OH: 42 M70 Marshall MBT/week
Springfield Army Tank Plant, IN: 28 M70 Marshall MBT/week
Rome Arsenal Tank Plant, IL: 10 M124 Buford + 7 M120 Pershing + 1 M236 Scott/week
Waco Army Tank Plant, TX: 24 M76 Grant/week

Armored Vehicles
GM Defense Plant, Santa Clara, CA: 35 M2 Bradley/week
GM Defense Plant, York, PA: 35 M2 Bradley/week
GM Defense Plant Peoria, IL: 35 M2 Bradley/week
United States Ordnance Plant, Jackson, MS: 28 M2 Bradley/week

FMC Plant, Charleston, WV: 16 M113/week
FMC Plant, Hibbing, MN: 16 M113/week
FMC Plant, Sacramento, CA: 16 M113/week
FMC Plant, Las Vegas, NV: 16 M113/week

FMC Plant, Raleigh, NC: 10 LVTP-7/week

Chrysler Defense, Gary, IN: 20 M250/week
Chrysler Defence, Chattanooga, TN: 20 M250/week

Cadillac Gage, Warren, MI: 24 M706 Commando AMC/week
Cadillac Gage, Evansville, KY: 24 M706 Commando AMC/week

General Dynamics, Albany, NY: 20 M754 LAV/week
General Dynamics, Trinidad, CO: 20 M754 LAV/week

Ford Defense, Sandusky, OH: 16 M800/week

Pocatello, ID (AV Maintenance)
Anniston, AL (AV Maintenance)
Red River, TX (AV Maintenance)

Unarmoured Vehicles
American Motors Plant, South Bend, IN: 675 M809 5t trucks/week
Mack Truck Plant, Macungie, PN: 154 Mack M128 10t trucks/week
Oshkosh Plant, Oshkosh, WI: 40 Oshkosh M911 heavy trucks/week
Ford Truck Plant, Dearborn, MI: 80 Ford M656 10t 8x8 trucks
Chrysler Defense Plant, Sterling Heights, MI: 800 HMCVs/week
Ford Defense, Toledo, OH: 250 M151 jeeps/week

(Kaiser-Willys)
(Kenworth)
(GM)
(International Harvester)

Artillery
Watertown Arsenal: 28 M124 guns + 15 M6 90mm GP guns + 5 105mm SVAT/week
Watervliet Arsenal: 64 M224 + 40 M255 + 8 120mm mortars + 40 M124 guns/week
Rock Island Arsenal: 24 M198 + 8 M219 howitzers/week
Columbia Arsenal, MI: 8 M266 105mm automatic mortars + 3 M169 165mm + 2 M94 mortars/week

Detroit Tank Plant: 12 M125 SPH + 10 M270 MLRS/week
Cleveland Tank Plant: 12 M125 SPH + 4 M163 + 2 M249 + 1 M284

Pacific Car and Foundary, Renton, WA: 5 M110 + 2 M107 + 1 M123/week
Bowen-McLaughlin-York, PA: 12 M109 SPH/week

Missiles

Boeing: 240 ASROC, 50 LGM-75 Peacemaker, 240 SRAM, 240 Supernova ULRSAM, 120 UGM-89 Perseus STAM

General Dynamics: 2400 MIM-46 Mauler, 25000 FGM-17 Viper, 7200 AIM-82, 400 AGM-78 Standard, 1080 AGM/BGM-109, 240 RIM-116

Hughes: 2400 AGM-65 Mavericks, 5000 BGM-85 TOW, 400 AIM-54, 800 Sea Sparrow SAMs

Lockheed-Martin: 120 UGM-98 Poseidon SLBMs, 96 Pershing SRBM, 400 Sprint II, 400 AGM-83 Bulldogs, 320 AIGM-126 ASALM

McDonnell-Douglas: 100 MGM-100 Ranger LRBM, 40 Thor IRBM, 200 LIM-49 Spartan, 1200 AGM-84 Harpoons, 2400 AGM-112

North American - Convair: 54 Puritan MRBM, 600 AGM-53 Condor, 240 AGM-130, 960 AGM-124 Wasps,

Northrop-Grumman: 32 Hercules LRBM, 1200 MIM-72 Reaper, 1000 Hellfire, 800 AGM-62 Walleyes

Raytheon:10000 FGM-77 Dragon, 2560 MIM-104 Patriot, 5000 FIM-92 Stinger MANPADs, 600 AIM-102 LRAAM

Textron: 400 AGM-45 Shrikes, 2800 AIM-96, 360 RGM-60 Taurus, 1200 MIM-146 ADATS

Vought: 300 MGM-52 Lance TBM, 120 Subroc, 1200 RIM-66/67 Standards, 64 ASM-135 ASAT

(Redstone Arsenal)
(Curtiss-Wright)
(Fairchild-Republic)
(General Atomics)
(REPCONN)
(Rockwell)
(Honeywell)
(Sperry)

Chemical Weapons
Pine Bluff AR
Blue Grass KY
Deseret UT
Edgewood MD


Ammunition and Equipment Depots
Sierra, CA Army Depot
Hawthorne, NV Army Depot
Seneca, NY Army Depot
Tobyhanna, PA Army Depot
Pawnee, IN Army Depot

Tooele, UT Army Ammunition Depot
McAlester, OK Army Ammunition Depot
Savanna, IL Army Ammunition Depot
Navajo, AZ Army Ammunition Depot
Harrisburg, PA Army Ammunition Depot

MRE Manufacturers

Hormel Foods (Austin, MN)
General Foods (Des Moines, IA)
U.S. Foods (Gotham, NJ)
Kraft Foods (Chicago, IL)
Burns Foodstuffs (Springfield, IN)

1: American Ordnance is an arms and ordnance conglomerate owned by General Electric.
2: United States Ordnance is a similar arms and ordnance conglomerate owned by US Steel.
3: General Defense Ordnance is a subsidiary of General Dynamics.
4: National Ordnance is a subsidiary of DuPont.