Shell Game: Inside The Worldwide TNT Shortage

Global Ordnance was featured in The TWZ Newsletter in an in-depth discussion of the global shortages of TNT and nitrocellulose and the challenges those shortages create for artillery ammunition production.

The article features Johnny Summers, Vice President of Energetics for Global Ordnance, discussing the changing global supply environment, growing demand for energetic materials, and the importance of developing geographically diverse sources of supply. The conversation also examines TNT requirements for 155mm and 152mm artillery ammunition and the growing demand for nitrocellulose used in artillery propellants.

The feature provides a closer look at the supply-chain challenges affecting the defense industrial base and Global Ordnance’s work to identify and coordinate sources of critical energetic materials for government and commercial requirements.