German gunsmiths and the Ukrainian defense industry: Multiple German companies are planning to increase their investment in Ukraine-based production capacities. Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger gave his assurance that he will not abandon plans to invest in Ukraine, even if the war ends this year, and will build a total of three factories. The first Rheinmetall... #ArminPapperger #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Germany #Helsing #QuantumSystems #Rheinmetall
Ramstein coalition leaders will approve reliable military support for Ukraine through 2027. The 25th Ramstein-based Ukraine Defense Contact Group Summit on January 9 will focus primarily on supporting Ukraine’s defense capabilities to ensure “credible deterrence forces” through 2... #LYNX #MilitaryAid #Pentagon #Ramstein #Rheinmetall #WarinUkraine
More military aid from Ukraine’s allies: NASAMS from Canada, joint UAV and ammunition production with Lithuania. President Zelenskyy spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed the Peace Formula, the Victory Plan, and cooperation on the organization of the second global Peace Summit. During t... #Australia #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JustinTrudeau #Lithuania #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Rheinmetall gives updates on the construction of several arms factories in Ukraine. The Rheinmetall defense concern’s first plant is already operating in Ukraine, and the second is close behind it. The company plans to build several more enterprises, Rheinmetall director Armin ... #ArminPapperger #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Marder #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
A lack of raw materials and long production cycles prevent the West from adapting projectile production to Ukraine’s needs. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has caused a noticeable increase in projectile production in Western countries, but due to a lack of raw materials and long production cycles, it still does n... #AmmunitionFactory #ArtilleryShells #NIOA #Rheinmetall #Saab #WeaponsProduction
Tanks, ammunition, missiles, and air defense: Ukraine’s allies continue to provide support. The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands noted that they are preparing with Denmark to send 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks, which were repaired by the German company Rheinmetall, to Ukraine by the end of the ... #Hawk #LeopardBattleTanks #Martlet #MIG29 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Rheinmetall #WarinUkraine
Rheinmetall receives an order from Ukraine to construct an ammunition production plant. The German defense concern Rheinmetall has received an order from the Ukrainian government to construct an ammunition factory, previously announced in February. The exact value of the deal is not spec... #AmmunitionFactory #ArtilleryShells #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Europe is strengthening its defense: Latvia will build a €12M ammunition factory, and Italy will buy hundreds of tanks and IFV for €20B. By 2026, Latvia plans to build a factory to produce modular powder charges for artillery ammunition with a capacity of 50,000 charges per year. Construction and equipment purchase costs will amount to... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #Italy #Latvia #Leonardo #LYNX #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Germany exports 65% of its weapons to Ukraine; German combat vehicles are already being restored in our country. According to the German Ministry of Economy, since the beginning of the year the government has approved the supply of at least €7.48B in military goods abroad. Weapons account for €5.52B, with €1.96B... #Germany #HermanSmetanin #LYNX #Rheinmetall #ukroboronprom #WeaponsExport
Italy will give Ukraine long-range Storm Shadow missiles, and Germany will send the Frankenstein air defense system. Italy will transfer long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine as part of its ninth aid package, which Defense Minister Guido Crosetto will present to the parliament by the end of this month. The exa... #Frankenstein #Italy #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Rheinmetall #SAMP/T #SkyRanger #StormShadow
Rheinmetall wants to produce a hybrid tank and anti-aircraft defense in Ukraine to increase the air defense effectiveness for ground forces. According to Bild, Rheinmetall has integrated a 35mm Skyranger short range air defense turret onto a Leopard tank chassis, rather than the original Skynex mobile, modular anti-aircraft artillery syste... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #LeopardBattleTanks #Marder #Rheinmetall #SkyRanger #WeaponsProduction
Allies are working to provide Ukraine with armored vehicles and ammunition. The Coalition of Armored Vehicles in Support of Ukraine was inaugurated in Warsaw. During the meeting, representatives from the participating countries developed a consolidated position on strengtheni... #armoredvehicles #ArtilleryShells #Rheinmetall #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will open five joint defense enterprises with Western manufacturers. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, “We are cooperating very fruitfully with the leaders of the world’s arms production. We can already talk about five signed contracts and five joi... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
How did the Munich Security Conference strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities? The German concern Rheinmetall plans to open a new plant to produce artillery ammunition in Ukraine. The memorandum on the creation of a joint venture was signed on the sidelines of the Munich Securit... #AmmunitionFactory #DmytroKuleba #DynamitNobelDefence #HermanSmetanin #MunichSecurityConference #Rheinmetall #ukroboronprom
Rheinmetall has a two-year plan for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Rheinmetall emphasizes that it is the only defense contractor capable of supplying the Ukrainian military with many new medium and large-caliber ammunition, including supplies for the Marder infantry ... #LeopardBattleTanks #Marder #Rheinmetall #Skynex #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Rheinmetall will build a new defense plant in Germany, and a German company will donate 100 drones. The Rheinmetall concern will build a new factory in Germany to increase its ammunition production. The new production capacity is planned to be constructed in what would be a record short time, said t... #AmmunitionForUkraine #dronestoUkraine #QuantumSystems #Rheinmetall #TrinityDrones #WeaponsProduction
Rheinmetall will produce tens of thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine, while Ukraine has increased the production of Bohdana self-propelled guns. The largest German defense concern, Rheinmetall, received a €142M order to supply Ukraine with artillery shells. The order, from a NATO partner country, includes tens of thousands of 155 mm artillery ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #BohdanaSPG #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Germany has provided Ukraine with a new defense package with Leopard tanks and has already contracted dozens for next year. The German government handed over a new package of military aid to Ukraine. It contains 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks and 14 Bandvagn 206 tracked all-terrain vehicles. In addition, the package includes the fol... #Bandvagn #GermanyMilitaryAid #LeopardBattleTanks #Rheinmetall #SupportUkraine #VectorDrones
The Slovak government has blocked €40.3M in aid to Ukraine, but Germany will hand over 100,000 ammunitions to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On November 8, the new government of Slovakia decided to block the allocation of the 14th package of military aid to Ukraine. This package was prepared by the former leadership of the country’s ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #GermanyMilitaryAid #Rheinmetall #RobertFico #SlovakiaAidforUkraine
The world’s arms giants in the US and Germany are generating record profits because of the war in Ukraine. The weapon and ammunition orders for Ukraine and the replenishment of Western allies’ stocks has provided the American defense industry with better-than-expected financial results, writes Reuters. Loc... #GeneralDynamics #LockheedMartin #Rheinmetall #RTX #Saab #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Germany is preparing a €1.4B winter military aid package for Ukraine and is opening a joint defense enterprise with Ukraine. According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the main task of the new aid package is to create a protective shield against Russia’s plans to continue attacking critical infrastructure. The packag... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #GermanyMilitaryAid #OlafScholz #Rheinmetall
The European Commission will present the EU defense industry’s strategy; Germany and Denmark are increasing ammunition production for Ukraine. The European Commission will propose a strategy for the EU’s defense industry in the coming weeks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before the start of an informal meeting... #AmmunitionForUkraine #EUdefense #GranadaSummit #Rheinmetall #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will produce the CV-90 IFV, and Rheinmetall will start repairing Leopards this month. President Zelenskyy and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, signed a bilateral statement of intent on enhanced and mutually beneficial cooperation regarding the production of the CV-90 IFV.... #ArminPapperger #CV90IFV #LeopardBattleTanks #Rheinmetall #UlfKristersson #Zelenskyy
Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with the latest Luna NG aerial reconnaissance systems, and ATACMS negotiations with the US are ongoing. As reported by Bild, the “unmanned package” consists of a ground control station with several drones, a launch catapult, and military trucks. According to the manufacturer, the Luna NG dro... #ATACMS #dronestoUkraine #LunaNG #OksanaMarkarova #Rheinmetall
A Bayraktar manufacturing plant is being built in Ukraine, and Rheinmetall will launch tank manufacturing and repair facilities in three months. Minister of Strategic Industry Oleksandr Kamyshin said that the drone production plant is already under construction. The minister added that the Baykar company has already received license permits fr... #AlexanderKamyshin #ArminPapperger #BayraktarplantinUkraine #Rheinmetall #TankProductionPlant
Rheinmetall is waiting for several billion-dollar contracts to manufacture ammunition for Ukraine. According to the company’s general director, Armin Papperger, the contract will allow the German government to supply Ukraine with ammunition for Gepard anti-aircraft guns. The document will be ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #ArminPapperger #Rheinmetall #ThierryBreton #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Germany and Poland are on the verge of creating a hub to repair German equipment for Ukraine. The countries are getting closer to concluding a corresponding agreement, informed the German ambassador in Warsaw, Thomas Bagger. He said the negotiations on this topic will be completed before the N... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #MilitaryEquipmentRepair #OlafScholz #Rheinmetall #ThomasBagger
Germany will supply Ukraine with a new batch of Marder IFVs. The Rheinmetall concern announced on June 6 that it had received an order for 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles from the Federal Ministry of Defense. The vehicles should be delivered to Ukraine by ... #AmmunitionForUkraine #GermanyMilitaryAid #Marder #Rheinmetall
Ukroboronprom and Rheinmetall have announced a strategic partnership; a joint venture will be launched in the summer. The partnership will begin with the maintenance and repair of armored vehicles that have been transferred to Ukraine. Later, the partners will jointly produce Rheinmetall products in Ukraine and devel... #ArminPapperger #Rheinmetall #TankProductionPlant #ukroboronprom
The German arms giant, Rheinmetall, will open production in Ukraine. The arms concern plans to produce tanks, air defense systems, anti-aircraft systems, and ammunition in Ukraine, said Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger. He clarified that work is underway to conclude sev... #ArminPapperger #ArmsProductionUkraine #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Rheinmetall can supply Ukraine with the required number of shells, but the EU is delaying orders. The general director of the Rheinmetall concern, Armin Papperger, said that without orders, the company will not be able to meet Ukraine’s needs for 155 mm artillery shells if the allies do not alloca... #155mmgunsForUkraine #ArminPapperger #Rheinmetall #WeaponsforUkraine
German Rheinmetall plans to build a tank production plant in Ukraine. Negotiations for constructing a new €200M defense factory have already begun, said the head of the company, Armin Papperger. According to him, the plant could produce up to 400 Panther-type main battl... #ArminPapperger #PantherBattleTank #Rheinmetall #TankProductionPlant
Rheinmetall has begun supplying Ukraine with automatic reconnaissance systems. The German defense concern, Rheinmetall AG, has started supplying Ukraine with UAV automatic reconnaissance systems. It is noted that these systems are used mainly for surveying areas with minimal inv... #Rheinmetall #SurveilSPIRE
Rheinmetall is ready to undertake the modernization of Leopard 1 and Challenger 1 tanks for Ukraine. The German arms company Rheinmetall can supply Ukraine with more than 100 main battle tanks by the end of 2023 without taking them from the Bundeswehr, writes Handelsblatt. According to the publicatio... #ChallengerTank #LeopardBattleTanks #Rheinmetall #tanksforUkraine
Germany is building its own munitions factory, which Ukraine needs. The German company Rheinmetall is building a new plant to produce medium-caliber ammunition (20-35 mm). Rheinmetall said the focus is to restore Germany’s ammunition supply and establish its ind... #GermanyMunitionsFactory #MediumCaliberShells #Rheinmetall
