$12.98 a round times 1,675,411 rounds - your money and mine

[OlongJohnson]

They can be goofy, but it looks like they did some original digging on this one.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...nd-costs-much/

Someone who knows more about it than me have any input?

[Hambo]

Now I don't feel so bad about the cost of 130gr .38 HST.

[schüler]

I guess there's always the Barney Bullet concept. Keep one in your pocket just in case.


In reality I'd expect it not to be general issue.

[ranger]

You guys watch any sci-fi movies? Note all the Ai and drones? SKYNET? Mil needs a cache of super AP stuff until we get the plasma rifles.

[ffhounddog]

Question, does that cost include any new equipment to open up the line and to pay back the R&D costs?

[olstyn]

Question, does that cost include any new equipment to open up the line and to pay back the R&D costs?

The linked article suggested that it might, but offered no concrete proof that it did or didn't.

[txdpd]

http://www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y..._5_PB_2017.pdf

In 2017 the program include R&D cost. It's pretty common practice for DOD to amortize R&D and tooling cost on a per unit basis for a number of years. That reflects the true cost of the project on a delivered product, not necessarily the cost to manufacture an individual unit.

The blog is comparing apples to oranges by comparing a product where the R&D was amortized long ago with a product that still reflects R&D cost.

[critter]

damn... I'd like about a thousand of those..

[OlongJohnson]

http://www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y..._5_PB_2017.pdf

In 2017 the program include R&D cost. It's pretty common practice for DOD to amortize R&D and tooling cost on a per unit basis for a number of years. That reflects the true cost of the project on a delivered product, not necessarily the cost to manufacture an individual unit.

The blog is comparing apples to oranges by comparing a product where the R&D was amortized long ago with a product that still reflects R&D cost.

Thanks for posting that.

The program details are on p. 37-42, for anyone who wants to read it.