German minister to meet with defence industry bosses on how to speed up weapons procurement and boost ammunitions supplies in the long term
German arms-maker Rheinmetall is ready to greatly boost the output of tank and artillery munitions to satisfy strong demand in Ukraine and the West, and may start producing HIMARS multiple rocket launchers in Germany, CEO Armin Papperger told Reuters.
“We can produce 240,000 rounds of tank ammunition per year, which is more than the entire world needs,” Papperger said in an interview with Reuters. Papperger said a new production line for medium calibre ammunition, used by German-built Gepard anti-aircraft tanks in Ukraine for example, would go live by mid-year.
“We have the technology for the production of the warheads as well as for the rocket motors - and we have the trucks to mount the launchers upon,” Papperger said, adding a deal may prompt investments of several hundred million euros of which Rheinmetall would finance a major part. The plant is needed as shortages in the production of special powders could turn out to be a bottleneck, hampering efforts to boost the output of tank and artillery shells, he noted.
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