Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 said:

German manufacturing giant Rheinmetall received €130 million+ from EU funds to boost its production of 155mm artillery shells.
Facilities that will ramp up output are in 🇩🇪, Romania, Hungary and Spain.
It had to be done 2 years ago, but here we are now.https://t.co/MnfN73IR0E

— Evgen Vorobiov (@vorobyov) March 26, 2024

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France is really stepping up their game in Ukraine. Considering that Macron and Putin were friends before the war, and how France is suddenly ramping up the support since end of January, it feels a bit like Macron playing the role of a scorned woman retaliating at their ex.

I wonder by how much the production will be boosted by those 130M, considering it's divided between 4 countries and thus at least 4 different sites. It looks to me like this won't amount to very much unless most is already in place and just needs to be reactivated/ switched to 155mm shells.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 27 March 2024