Lake City Army Ammunition Plant

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Independence, Missouri in United States
Crest of Joint Munitions Command
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is located in Missouri
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Location of Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is located in the United States
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (the United States)
Coordinates39°06′4″N 94°15′47″W / 39.10111°N 94.26306°W / 39.10111; -94.26306
TypeAmmunition production facility
Area3,935 acres (1,592 ha)
Site information
OwnerUnited States Army
OperatorWinchester Ammunition
Controlled byJoint Munitions Command
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
Built byRemington Arms
A worker at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant packs two cans of newly manufactured 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition into a wirebound crate. (c. 1998)
Headstamp of a .50 caliber cartridge casing made at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in 1943 and recovered from the Sahuarita Bombing and Gunnery Range in 2012.

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) is a 3,935-acre (15.92 km2) U.S. government-owned, contractor-operated facility in northeastern Independence, Missouri. It produces ammunition for military and personal rifles.

Lake City was established by Remington Arms in 1941 to manufacture and test small caliber ammunition for the U.S. Army. The facility has remained in continuous operation except for one 5-year period following World War II.[1][2] As of July 2007, the plant produced nearly 1.4 billion rounds of ammunition per year.[3] In addition, Lake City performs small caliber ammunition stockpile reliability testing and has ammunition and weapon testing responsibilities as the NATO National and Regional Test Center. LCAAP is the single largest producer of small arms ammunition for the United States Armed Forces.[3][4]

Finished outer boxes of the commercial pack, each containing 1,800 rounds, are palletized before the entire pallet is shrink-wrapped for shipment.