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The agreement with KNDS will allow Ukraine to quickly establish production of scarce large-caliber artillery shells Ukraine, through an agreement with the French-German defense conglomerate KNDS, received its first foreign license to produce 155-caliber shells. This was announced by Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin on Telegram. “The agreement signed yesterday between KNDS and one […]
German defense concern Rheinmetall will receive more than 130 million euros from the European Union to increase ammunition production. What is known Under the Ammunition Support Act (ASAP), the EU has provided Rheinmetall with more than EUR 130 million in subsidies. This funding is a significant part of the total amount of 500 million euros […]
The European Commission believes that the EU will be able to produce one million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine by spring of this year, despite the fact that the process has slowed down. This was stated by Johanna Bernsel, spokesperson for the European Commission on Defense Industry, at a briefing in Brussels on Thursday. “The […]
Ukrainian artillerymen began using Indian 155-mm shells at the front. Footage of the use of these shells in Ukraine was shown by an analyst of the Ukrainian Front. A batch of this ammunition was delivered to the crews of Krab self-propelled artillery systems supplied to Ukraine from Poland. Presumably, these shells were purchased from the […]
The Russian army began using 155-mm Krasnopil guided missiles. Krasnopil-M2 shells are exported in 155 mm caliber. “Krasnopil is positioned by the Russian defense industry as a high-precision munition capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 25 km. The projectiles are manufactured at the facilities of the High-Precision Complexes holding, controlled by […]
In 2018, the Pentagon launched the ERAMS program aimed at developing long-range artillery shells. They are being developed by Boeing in cooperation with the Norwegian company Nammo. Boeing has recently unveiled another sample of the 155-mm Ramjet 155 ammunition. It is equipped with a direct-flow jet engine. Initially, the developers of the Ramjet 155 expected […]
Last week, the European Defense Agency held the final meeting of the PILUM project. The goal of the program is to create an electromagnetic gun. The European Defense Agency wants to develop a new artillery system based on an electromagnetic gun with the potential to accelerate projectiles to very high speeds. The project received financial […]
The Polish self-propelled artillery systems AHS Krab will be able to hit the enemy with thermobaric munitions. The shells were presented at the MSPO-2023 exhibition. What is known The developer of the new ammunition is the Polish company MILITUS-PL. Thermobaric shells with NEX-NW explosives will allow AHS Krab self-propelled howitzers to destroy the enemy more […]