Rheinmetall: start of construction of ammunition plant in Hungary
The foundation stone has been laid for the new Rheinmetall plant in Várpalota, Hungary.
The foundation stone has been laid for the new Rheinmetall plant in Várpalota, Hungary.
Rheinmetall’s state-of-the-art Lynx infantry fighting vehicle has reached its latest interim objective: promptly at the start on 2023, low-rate initial production (LRIP) began in NATO member nation Hungary, the vehicle’s first customer.
The Hungarian government is building a new factory to produce RDX explosives at a site in Várpalota, for which Rheinmetall Denel Munition is to supply the plant technology.
On 15 October 2022, Rheinmetall handed over the first of a total of 209 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles to the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF).
The Hungarian armed forces received the first two Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers purchased from Germany.
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