It looks like a standard hex-sided bolt that can be purchased at any hardware store, but Army soldiers in the Pacific would have to wait several months to get them — that is, until they created their own solution to the backlog.

The Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station bolt is backordered and has an expected delivery timeline of February 2027, Col. R. Scott Carpenter, commander of U.S. Army Materiel Support Command-Korea, told reporters at the Association of the United States Army annual convention Monday in Washington.