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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1270561" data-attributes="member: 12952">USPS announces giant ammo purchaseThe U.S. Postal Service is currently seeking companies that can provide “assorted small arms ammunition” in the near future.On Jan. 31, the USPS Supplies and Services Purchasing Office posted a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website asking contractors to register with USPS as potential ammunition suppliers for a variety of cartridges.“The United States Postal Service intends to solicit proposals for assorted small arms ammunition,” the notice reads, which also mentioned a deadline of Feb. 10.Including mass purchases by the Dept. of Homeland Security, non-military federal agencies combined have purchased an estimated amount of <a href="http://www.infowars.com/dhs-buys-1-6-billion-bullets/" target="_blank">over two billion rounds of ammunition</a> in the past two years.Additionally, the <a href="http://www.infowars.com/u-s-army-buys-nearly-600000-soviet-ak-47-magazines/" target="_blank">U.S. Army bought almost 600,000 Soviet AK-47 magazines</a> last fall, enough to hold nearly 18,000,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo which is not standard-issue for either the U.S. military or even NATO.It would take a Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy, one of the largest cargo aircraft in the world, two trips to haul that many magazines.A month prior, the army <a href="http://www.infowars.com/u-s-army-to-buy-millions-of-russian-rounds-of-ammo-and-popular-civilian-firearms/" target="_blank">purchased nearly 3,000,000 rounds</a> of 7.62x39mm ammo, a huge amount but still only 1/6th of what the magazines purchased can hold in total.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1270561, member: 12952"] [SIZE=6][B]USPS announces giant ammo purchase[/B][/SIZE] The U.S. Postal Service is currently seeking companies that can provide “assorted small arms ammunition” in the near future. On Jan. 31, the USPS Supplies and Services Purchasing Office posted a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website asking contractors to register with USPS as potential ammunition suppliers for a variety of cartridges. “The United States Postal Service intends to solicit proposals for assorted small arms ammunition,” the notice reads, which also mentioned a deadline of Feb. 10. Including mass purchases by the Dept. of Homeland Security, non-military federal agencies combined have purchased an estimated amount of [URL='http://www.infowars.com/dhs-buys-1-6-billion-bullets/']over two billion rounds of ammunition[/URL] in the past two years. Additionally, the [URL='http://www.infowars.com/u-s-army-buys-nearly-600000-soviet-ak-47-magazines/']U.S. Army bought almost 600,000 Soviet AK-47 magazines[/URL] last fall, enough to hold nearly 18,000,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo which is not standard-issue for either the U.S. military or even NATO. It would take a Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy, one of the largest cargo aircraft in the world, two trips to haul that many magazines. A month prior, the army [URL='http://www.infowars.com/u-s-army-to-buy-millions-of-russian-rounds-of-ammo-and-popular-civilian-firearms/']purchased nearly 3,000,000 rounds[/URL] of 7.62x39mm ammo, a huge amount but still only 1/6th of what the magazines purchased can hold in total. [/QUOTE]

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