The German concern Rheinmetall promises to supply Ukraine with “hundreds of thousands” of artillery ammunition this year.. This statement was made by the head of the concern, Armin Papperger..
The head of the concern spoke at the Dusseldorf industrial club, where he stated, that artillery changes the rules on the battlefield, and Rheinmetall should supply Ukraine with “hundreds of thousands” of artillery shells this year. However, he did not provide any details., except for the statement, that the concern is building new ammunition factories in Germany and Lithuania, which should provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the required number of shells.
(…) Before the start of full-scale hostilities in Ukraine, the annual production of shells at Rheinmetall factories was only about 70 000 pcs, production is expected this year 700 000 shells with the prospect of expanding production in the future to 1,1 million. - said in a statement.
For Ukraine, Papperger plans to locate a plant for the production of shells directly on its territory, to create stocks of explosives and ammunition for several years in advance. However, he also did not go into any details., limited to this statement.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military reports, that today the ratio of artillery shells with the Russian army is one or two shots per ten. All recent Western initiatives to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with artillery ammunition are more public statements, than real things. Can't find shells, if there is nowhere to produce them.
