Artillery components · 155mm
155mm Shell Bodies
Also known as (5)
- 155-mm projectile metal parts
- projectile metal parts
- projectile bodies
- shell bodies
- empty metal shells
The empty metal body of a 155mm artillery projectile, made before it is filled with explosive, fuzed and packed as a complete round.
- at least 46,000 shell bodies / mo
- at least 5,000 shell bodies / mo
- Producing countries
- 2
- Last figure
- Updated 9 Jul 2026
The capacity is Canada's alone. This is what the ledger can account for. Where no figure has been published for a producing country, only the plants and producers a source has named are counted, so the real total is higher.
Production by scope
Each country the item is made in, broken down into the producers and plants a source has named. A plant’s figure is part of its country’s, never added to it.
| Scope | Producer | Output / mo | Capacity / mo | Updated | Evidence and chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States | at least36,000 | — | Updated 9 Jul 2026 | ||
| Mesquite, Texas | General Dynamics OTS | 0 | — | Updated 9 Jul 2026 | |
| Scranton Army Ammunition Plant | Not attributed | 15,000 | — | Updated 9 Jul 2026 | |
| Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Not attributed | 21,000 | — | Updated 9 Jul 2026 | |
 Canada | at least10,000 | 5,000 | Updated 9 Jul 2026 | ||
| IMT Precision | IMT Precision | at least10,000 | 5,000 | Updated 9 Jul 2026 | |
| Ingersoll, Ontario Produced for United States | IMT Precision | 10,000 | — | Updated 9 Jul 2026 | |
 Belgium | — | — | Stale · May 2024 | ||
| Petit-Roeulx-lez-Nivelles | KNDS Belgium | — | — | Stale · May 2024 | |
 Slovakia | — | — | Stale · Oct 2024 | ||
| Snina | ZVS Holding | — | — | Stale · Oct 2024 |
History
Every published figure for one line. The band is the range a source gave; hollow points are estimates; dashed is a target or forecast; grey points were corrected later.
The figures in this chart
| Date | Value | Range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2021 | 0 | — | Reported |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 10,000 | — | Reported |
Promises vs delivery
Each announced target or forecast, next to what was reported once its date arrived.
Output target · Slovakia · ZVS Holding · Snina
360,000 shell bodies per year by Dec 2026
B2 Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Deň úspešných príbehov na východe Slovenska (Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák visits Snina, Sečovce and Strážske) 4 Oct 2024PendingNo comparable figure published yet
Output forecast · United States · General Dynamics OTS · Mesquite, Texas
0 shell bodies per month by Sep 2026
B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) 9 Jul 2026UnverifiedLatest figure so far
0 shell bodies per month Mar 2026
Capacity target · Canada · IMT Precision · Ingersoll, Ontario
15,000 shell bodies per month by Oct 2025
B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) 9 Jul 2026UnverifiedNo comparable figure published yet
Capacity target · United States · Scranton Army Ammunition Plant
35,000 shell bodies per month by Oct 2025
B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) 9 Jul 2026UnverifiedNo comparable figure published yet
Capacity target · United States · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
21,000 shell bodies per month by Oct 2025
B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) 9 Jul 2026UnverifiedNo comparable figure published yet
Capacity target · United States · General Dynamics OTS · Mesquite, Texas
30,000 shell bodies per month by Oct 2025
B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) 9 Jul 2026UnverifiedNo comparable figure published yet
Capacity target · Belgium · KNDS Belgium · Petit-Roeulx-lez-Nivelles
30,000–32,000 shell bodies per year by Jun 2025
UnverifiedNo comparable figure published yet
Figures and evidence
Every published figure that stands, with the sentence each one rests on. A figure is never edited: a correction is a new figure, and the old one is kept below.
United States at least 36,000
shell bodies / mo 7
figures
Mesquite, Texas General Dynamics OTS
0 shell bodies per month
by Sep 2026
Output forecast Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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0 shell bodies per month
Mar 2026
Output Reported highPage 12: the contractor had not produced "a single 155-mm projectile metal part that meets the contract's minimum requirements" as of March 2026. The producer is named only as "the GD facility in Mesquite, TX" in the Army's comments (page 25)
- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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30,000 shell bodies per month
by Oct 2025
Capacity target Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 10 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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Scranton Army Ammunition Plant
15,000 shell bodies per month
Mar 2026
Output Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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35,000 shell bodies per month
by Oct 2025
Capacity target Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
21,000 shell bodies per month
Mar 2026
Output Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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21,000 shell bodies per month
by Oct 2025
Capacity target Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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Canada at least 10,000
shell bodies / mo 5
figures
IMT Precision
5,000 shell bodies per month
from Dec 2023
Capacity Reported highThe document says “rounds”; the contract it describes is for M107 projectile bodies, so the unit is shell bodies.
- B2 National Defence (Government of Canada), proactive disclosure Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN): Supplementary Estimates (B), December 4, 2025 4 Dec 2025Quote checked against the document
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3,000 shell bodies per month
by Nov 2023
Capacity Reported highThe document says “rounds”; the contract it describes is for M107 projectile bodies, so the unit is shell bodies.
- B2 National Defence (Government of Canada), proactive disclosure Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN): Supplementary Estimates (B), December 4, 2025 4 Dec 2025Quote checked against the document
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Ingersoll, Ontario IMT Precision Produced for United States
10,000 shell bodies per month
Mar 2026
Output Reported highMade in Canada under U.S. Army contract (page 8, footnote 5: contractor headquartered in Westerville, Ohio). Contractor not named in the report.
- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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15,000 shell bodies per month
by Oct 2025
Capacity target Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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0 shell bodies per month
by 2021
Output Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 11 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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Belgium 1
figure
Petit-Roeulx-lez-Nivelles KNDS Belgium
30,000–32,000 shell bodies per year
by Jun 2025
Capacity target Reported mediumThe article counts “éléments d’obus” (shell elements), recorded as shell bodies. The line was to be operational at the end of the first half of 2025.
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It will have a production capacity for 155 mm shell elements of 30,000 to 32,000 units a year
Quote checked against the document
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Slovakia 1
figure
Snina ZVS Holding
360,000 shell bodies per year
by 2026
Output target Reported high- B2 Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Deň úspešných príbehov na východe Slovenska (Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák visits Snina, Sečovce and Strážske) 4 Oct 2024Quote checked against the document
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Across the item
60,000–150,000 shell bodies total
2026–2028
Order ordered by France Reported high-
sets a supply of between 60,000 and 150,000 hollow bodies by Les Forges de Tarbes for the period 2026-2028
B2 France 3 Occitanie "D'une production quasi à l'arrêt" à 15 000 unités par mois : la dernière usine française d'obus signe un contrat majeur 22 Dec 2025Quote checked against the document
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≤ 305,400,000 CAD total
stated 18 Mar 2026
Investment target Canada Reported high“Up to”; financial assistance to establish a new facility for empty 155 mm shell bodies at IMT Precision in Ingersoll. No completion date or capacity given.
- B2 National Defence (Government of Canada) Minister McGuinty announces investment of $1.4 billion into Domestic Ammunition Production 18 Mar 2026Quote checked against the document
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469,000,000 USD total
Dec 2022–Dec 2025
Investment United States Reported high- B2 Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) p. 14 9 Jul 2026Quote checked against the document
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— lines total
4 Oct 2024
Event Slovakia Reported high- B2 Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Deň úspešných príbehov na východe Slovenska (Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák visits Snina, Sečovce and Strážske) 4 Oct 2024Quote checked against the document
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4,800,000 CAD total
Feb 2023
Investment Canada Reported high- B2 National Defence (Government of Canada), proactive disclosure Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN): Supplementary Estimates (B), December 4, 2025 4 Dec 2025Quote checked against the document
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Sources
Every document behind the figures on this page.
- B Inspector General, U.S. Department of War Evaluation of the DoW's Capability and Capacity to Produce 155-Millimeter Artillery Ammunition (Report No. DOWIG-2026-095) 9 Jul 2026
- B National Defence (Government of Canada) Minister McGuinty announces investment of $1.4 billion into Domestic Ammunition Production 18 Mar 2026
- B France 3 Occitanie "D'une production quasi à l'arrêt" à 15 000 unités par mois : la dernière usine française d'obus signe un contrat majeur 22 Dec 2025
- B National Defence (Government of Canada), proactive disclosure Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN): Supplementary Estimates (B), December 4, 2025 4 Dec 2025
- B Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Deň úspešných príbehov na východe Slovenska (Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák visits Snina, Sečovce and Strážske) 4 Oct 2024
Facilities
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Petit-Roeulx-lez-Nivelles
Belgium · KNDS Belgium
operating
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Ingersoll, Ontario
Canada · IMT Precision
operating
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Snina
Slovakia · ZVS Holding
operating
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Mesquite, Texas
United States · General Dynamics OTS
building
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Scranton Army Ammunition Plant
United States
operating
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
United States
operating
B2 means a usually reliable source making a statement that is probably true.