On a military base more than two centuries old, the Army is hammering out its cannon of the future
Opened under President Madison, Watervliet has made big guns for every U.S. conflict since the Spanish-American War. Russia has made it relevant again.| Photographs by Angus Mordant for The Wall Street JournalWATERVLIET, N.Y.—.
The Watervliet Arsenal opened during the War of 1812 and one building dates to 1828. Yet inside an aging production hall, new digital machine tools that resemble science-fiction space pods are churning out components for Abrams tanks, a weapon . In another hall, an automated forge pounds red-hot metal cylinders into 20-foot gun barrels for America’s next howitzers, which will lob shells more than 40 miles.
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