Jack of Harts

McAlester Army Ammunition Base did not officially join Texas during the Second Great Depression. Firstly, they were in Oklahoma, and no good Okie wanted to be part of Texas. Secondly, they were the United States Army’s ammunition base, and their word was their bond. Though they would not release their weapons for use against Texas. That would have violated their oath to protect their fellow Americans. And they did release their weapons when Texas required more munitions to use against the Mexican drug cartels. Their targets were not American at the time, so McAlester felt no guilt at all opening up the armories for that goal. And McAlester did indeed open all of them up. Weapons that had not seen use since the Korean War was young shipped out next to cutting edge systems dreamed up, tested, and fabricated at McAlester itself. They proved devastating in the extreme.