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The Norwegian-Finnish ammunition manufacturer Nammo is switching to five shifts at its Swedish facility to produce ammunition around the clock. Minna Alander, a researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs think tank in Helsinki, wrote about this on Twitter. Norwegian-Finnish ammunition manufacturer Nammo has activated 5-shift production at its facility in Sweden, meaning 24/7 […]
Western partners have provided Ukrainian crews of Leopard 2 tanks with improved DM11 120 mm programmable tank multipurpose shells, which are in service with the Bundeswehr and the US Marine Corps under the designation Mk 324. This was reported on November 15 by Militarnyi’s columnists. The publication says that the appearance of this ammunition in […]
In an attempt to solve the problem of “shell hunger,” the Russian Ministry of Defense began supplying its troops with ammunition that does not even explode. The occupiers themselves complained about this on social media. In support of their claims, they released a video showing the disassembly of one of these shells, which did not […]
OSINTtechnical’s X-account has posted a short video showing the combat use of Vulcano artillery shells. They are manufactured by OTO Melara in cooperation with Diehl Defense. The order for the supply of 155-mm Vulcano shells was placed in August last year. The purchase of 255 rounds of ammunition was to be financed by EU funds […]
Poland has signed a “framework contract” with the European Defense Agency (EDA) on joint purchases of 155-mm ammunition for Ukraine. This was reported by From-UA with reference to RMF FM radio. The framework contract does not yet contain any details, but the signing of the document means that EU countries can now place specific orders […]
The German Ministry of Defense has handed over to Ukraine the first batch of ammunition for the Gepard air defense system, which has just been manufactured on the production line. This is stated on the website of the German Ministry of Defense. It is specified that the specialists managed to complete the construction of the […]
To establish the production of such an important BC for our army, a cooperation of several companies in Eastern Europe was established Ukrainian Armor has successfully delivered to Ukraine the first several thousand 122mm high explosive fragmentation shells with a full charge, which are produced in partnership with one of the Eastern European ammunition holdings. […]
Ukrainian tankers have posted a video on social media showing that Leopard 2A6 crews are using DM11 tank shells with programmable fuzes. The nomenclature of the transferred ammunition is kept secret by Kyiv’s allies. In this regard, the video was the first confirmation that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have such ammunition. In the video, a […]