Rheinmetall and Elbit carry out live fire demonstration of wheeled self-propelled howitzer
Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems have successfully conducted a live fire demonstration of an automated 155mm L52 wheeled self-propelled howitzer.
Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems have successfully conducted a live fire demonstration of an automated 155mm L52 wheeled self-propelled howitzer.
Rheinmetall has secured a new contract to supply artillery ammunition to a European customer.
“We can expand our production to 600,000 to 700,000 artillery shells per year,” CEO of Rheinmetall Armin Papperger told German newspaper “Handelsblatt”.
The agreement allows the joint purchase of 155mm artillery rounds and, if requested by Ukraine, missiles from economic operators from European Union or Norway.
Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions’ Queensland artillery shell plant is growing exponentially as it takes another important step towards full-rate production.
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) has been awarded a $217 million task order to increase 155mm artillery projectile metal parts production.
The Colombian Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it ordered 18 ATMOS howitzers from Israeli defence company Elbit Systems.
Estonia will send to Ukraine a package of 155mm artillery ammunition and other military support.
Norway donates the shells, while Denmark donates the associated fuzes, propellant bags and primer cartridges.
In partnership with the U.S. Army, BAE Systems successfully fired a Sub-Caliber Artillery Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced Lethality.
The German Parliament approved the plan of the Federal Ministry of Defence to order ten Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery systems from KMW.
The UK and Swedish defence ministers signed a letter of intent relating to a new contract to deliver 14 Archer self-propelled howitzers to the British Army.
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