The German engineering and arms group Rheinmetall intends to produce 300,000 shells for Gepard, 40,000 of which will be delivered this year. To this end, Rheinmetall has installed a new production line at its plant.

Thus, the supply of ammunition to Ukraine should be accelerated. This is reported by Bild.

In particular, the new line was installed at its plant in Unterluss (Lower Saxony) in a few months, which usually takes years.

The first shells will be delivered to the frontline units in the near future. In total, Rheinmetall plans to supply 300,000 shells, 40,000 of which will be delivered this year.

The German armed forces have already decommissioned the Gepard system, and the ammunition stocks were at zero, as they were produced in the 1980s. At the same time, the Ukrainian army is actively using them, in particular to fight kamikaze drones, which leads to high ammunition consumption.

As a reminder, CEO Armin Papperger said that Rheinmetall will be able to protect its plant in Ukraine from Russian attacks.

Earlier, Papperger said that the plant would start operating in October 2023. The company will operate in the western part of the country and will not only produce tanks and other armoured vehicles but also train Ukrainians to maintain them.

As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, Rheinmetall is also working on creating a service centre for military equipment transferred to Ukraine as part of military aid from Western countries. The centre will be located in Romania, Ukraine's neighbour.

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