BERLIN, December 4. /TASS/: Germany’s arms manufacturer Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with artillery ammunition worth 142 mln euros in 2025, the company said in a statement.
"Rheinmetall has won a large-volume order for supporting Ukraine with artillery ammunition <...> worth around 142 million euros," the statement reads. "The ammunition will be delivered in 2025," Rheinmetall said.
The order "encompasses tens of thousands of complete 155mm artillery shells." "The customer is a NATO partner nation whose declared intention is to support Ukraine with effective long-term military aid," the statement added.
The ammunition will be produced by Rheinmetall Expal Munitions, the company’s Spanish subsidiary. "The production and delivery of around 40,000 rounds for Ukraine from an earlier order is already due to take place in 2024," Rheinmetall noted.
"Demand for artillery ammunition is currently very high, due not just to Ukraine’s requirements but also the need to replenish the largely empty ammunition depots of Germany and other NATO and EU countries. Rheinmetall plans a massive increase in ammunition production capacity in 2024 at its plants in Germany, Spain, South Africa and Australia, bringing annual output capacity to around 700,000 artillery rounds," the document said.
