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The Watervliet Arsenal (WVA) / ˈ w ɔː t ər v l iː t / is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for the army, as well as gun tubes for cannons , mortars , and tanks .
It is located at the Watervliet Arsenal in upstate New York. It is a part of the Weapons & Software Engineering Center (WSEC), US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, which is located at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. Laboratory simulations are performed studying gun firing phenomena, and using static and dynamic load ...
The United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (CCDCAC), or Armaments Center, headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, is the US Army's primary research and development arm for armaments and munitions.
The GBU-28 (Guided Bomb Unit‐28) is a 4,000-pound (1,800 kg) class laser-guided "bunker busting" bomb produced originally by the Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York. It was designed, manufactured, and deployed in less than three weeks due to an urgent need during Operation Desert Storm to penetrate hardened Iraqi command centers located ...
Watervliet (/ w ɔː t ər ˈ v l iː t / waw-tər-VLEET or / w ɔː t ər v ə ˈ l iː t / waw-tər-və-LEET) is a city in northeastern Albany County, New York, United States.The population was 10,375 as of the 2020 census. [4]
The Watervliet Arsenal, founded in 1813, is the oldest Federal arsenal in the country; it is the sole manufacturing facility for large caliber cannon. The route of the original Erie Canal from the town's border with the city of Albany (today in the neighborhood of North Albany within the city) north to modern-day Cohoes and then northwest to ...
Watervliet Arsenal, an arsenal in Watervliet, New York; Hieronymus Lauweryn van Watervliet; Van Watervliet family, of the Netherlands and New York; Watervliet Shaker Historic District, Colonie, New York
The Iron Building is a historic building at the Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York. It housed the Watervliet Arsenal Museum until it was closed in fall 2013 for security reasons. Despite the support of the city government and the Watervliet Historical Society for a reopening, the U.S. Army Center of Military History decided it would not ...