Rheinmetall: A powerful partner at Ukraine’s side

Ammunition

Rheinmetall is now the sole defence contractor capable of supplying the Ukrainian military with large amounts of new medium- and large-calibre ammunition. In addition to 20mm ammunition for the Marder infantry fighting vehicle, Rheinmetall also supplies 35mm ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft gun, 40mm ammunition, 105mm and 120mm tank ammunition as well as Skynex air defence systems. Rheinmetall also supplies the Ukrainian armed forces with significant quantities of mortar shells and 155mm artillery ammunition.

Rheinmetall is an essential, strategic partner of Ukraine for the latter in particular - several tens of thousands of rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition have already been delivered, and a further hundred thousand rounds will be handed over to Ukraine over the course of 2024. In December 2023, the German government also placed an order with Rheinmetall to supply tens of thousands of rounds in 2025. In addition to Germany, another NATO member state has commissioned Rheinmetall to supply large quantities of 155mm ammunition for Ukraine.

In February 2024, Rheinmetall and Ukraine declared their intention to produce a six-digit number of 155mm rounds per year in a "Ukrainian Centre of Excellence for Ammunition". Joint work on this project is already well advanced. Rheinmetall will hold 51 per cent of the shares in the joint venture, with the Ukrainian partner holding 49 per cent. In June 2024, a large-volume framework agreement was concluded with the German government, the largest in Rheinmetall's history. Ukraine will also participate in this.