Rheinmetall has won an order to supply a European member of NATO with multiple rocket launcher ammunition. Delivery is to take place from 2024 to 2027. The order, which was already booked in December 2023, represents sales volume for Rheinmetall of more than €300 million, without value added tax.
Rheinmetall Expal Munitions of Spain is responsible for manufacturing and delivering the rockets, which have a maximum range of 300 km. The order also encompasses additional services and other systems.
This is Rheinmetall’s first sales success in rocket artillery, vindicating the recent strategic expansion of its product portfolio. Just the other day, on 12 February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wielded a shovel at the ground-breaking ceremony took place at Unterlüß in Lower Saxony for a new factory that will produce explosives, artillery ammunition and rocket artillery components.
In artillery systems, 120mm smoothbore tank ammunition, cannon-based air defence and the production of medium-calibre ammunition, Rheinmetall is a leading global supplier. Ever since its foundation over 125 years ago, the company has been a reliable partner of the artillery branch, supplying seamless barrels for big guns. In the ammunition domain, today Rheinmetall supplies a comprehensive array of ammunition types in various calibres.
The latest orders for artillery rockets and 155mm artillery ammunition underscore Rheinmetall’s technological edge in ammunition development and production in Europe. Framework contracts for artillery ammunition help to make sure that the needs of the armed forces of Germany and other NATO nations are reliably met. They enable better planning of production processes and optimum exploitation of existing capacity.
For Editorial Inquiries Contact:
Editor Kym Bergmann at kym.bergmann@venturamedia.net
For Advertising Inquiries Contact:
Director of Sales Graham Joss at graham.joss@venturamedia.net
Now if the Australian Government had taken up Sth Korea’s offer of the Chunmoo MLRS instead of the HIMARS, we would be producing the missiles as well as the Launcher by now instead of having to wait until the U.S. decides if “It’s most trusted Ally in the Sth Pacific” can have them (not sure if Congress has approved the FMS of the extra 22 yet) and Lockheed Martin to catch up with its current commitments. I believe the latest was we get them in 2026 or 2027, only a six or seven year wait and we don’t actually get to make them ourselves…. Gods help us , our biggest Defence worry is our own ineptitude….
I agree totally about Chunmoo. Hanwha has offered full tech transfer plus local production. This has been totally ignored by Defence.
There’s really nothing stopping us from taking up their offer now.
Poland ordered HIMARS and then, upon realising the US couldn’t deliver, switched to the Chunmoo.
They now have units on the ground in Poland and the technology transfer is occurring.
We just need to develop some spine and tell the US, “Sorry, too slow”
Correct – but I don’t see anyone in this government, or the previous one, bucking Defence orthodoxy. It’s a case of: “please, sir, may I have some more?”