{"id":85,"date":"2023-04-06T15:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:53:31","slug":"rheinmetall-wins-major-order-for-medium-calibre-ammunition-300000-rounds-for-gepard-anti-aircraft-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Rheinmetall Wins Major Order for Medium-Calibre Ammunition \u2013 300,000 Rounds for Gepard Anti-Aircraft Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-222062\">\n<h2>Rheinmetall Wins Major Order for Medium-Calibre Ammunition \u2013 300,000 Rounds for Gepard Anti-Aircraft Tank<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Acting on behalf of Ukraine, the German Ministry of Defence has tasked Rheinmetall with supplying 300,000 rounds of 35mm ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft tank, which is now deployed by the Ukrainian military. The order value is in the low three-digit million euro range.<\/p>\n<p>Rheinmetall will be supplying 150,000 rounds each of Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot \u2013 Tracer (APDS-T) and High Explosive Incendiary \u2013 Tracer (HEI-T) ammunition. This will enable effective engagement of a multitude of targets. The first APDS-T rounds will be delivered in summer 2023. A shift in production from APDS-T to HEI-T is scheduled to take place in mid-2024.<\/p>\n<p>At its plant in Unterl\u00fc\u00df, Rheinmetall is currently creating additional medium-calibre ammunition production capacity, which is due to go into operation in summer 2023. In building this new production line, Rheinmetall is responding to sharply increased global demand. <\/p>\n<p>Rheinmetall is one of the world\u2019s leading makers of advanced weapon systems for air defence. The market leader in gun- and guided missile-based systems, it is the world\u2019s sole single-source supplier of fire control technology, automatic cannon, integrated guided missile launchers and Ahead airburst ammunition. \u00a0Among its most advanced ground-based air defence systems is the Skyranger 30, mounted on the multipurpose Boxer wheeled armoured transport vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"postmetadata alt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<small><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis entry was posted<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Thursday, February 16th, 2023 at 17:00\t\t\t\t\t\tand is filed under <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/category\/ammo\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ammo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/category\/contracts\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Contracts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/category\/international\/\" rel=\"category tag\">International<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/category\/press-release\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Press Release<\/a>.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href=\"https:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/2023\/02\/16\/rheinmetall-wins-major-order-for-medium-calibre-ammunition-300000-rounds-for-gepard-anti-aircraft-tank\/feed\/\">RSS 2.0<\/a> feed.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can skip to the end and leave a response. 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