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Rheinmetall’s Spanish subsidiary, Rheinmetall Expal Munitions, has received an order from the German Bundeswehr for over 100,000 155mm shells and additional DM 121 high-profile rounds for Ukraine.
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According to the international prime, the order is valued in the “mid-three-digit million-euro range”.
Tens of thousands of the rounds are scheduled for delivery during the remainder of 2023, with the remainder scheduled for delivery in 2024.
The announcement follows a new framework agreement between the international prime contractor and the Bundeswehr, which expands on an existing agreement on artillery ammunition and covers the delivery of “several hundred thousand” shells, fuses and propelling charges.
The framework will run until 2029 and represents a gross potential order volume of €1.2 billion.
Rheinmetall has also confirmed that it is working with numerous countries for the replenishment of ammunition stocks.
In August, the US Army awarded American Rheinmetall Vehicles and its combined industry team, making up Team Lynx, a full contract value in excess of US$700 million (AU$1.06 billion) for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) Phase 3 Detailed Design and Phase 4 Prototype Build and Test phases.
The US Army awarded a total of two contracts for Phase 3 and 4 performance with the two competitors to now complete the designs that began in the Phase 2 Concept Design and build at least seven and as many as 11 prototypes for Army evaluation.
Team Lynx – made up of American Rheinmetall Vehicles, Textron Systems, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Allison Transmission, and Anduril Industries – is developing a next-generation XM30 that achieves the Army’s requirements for a combat vehicle with superior protection, unsurpassed firepower, and unbeatable mobility.
Matthew Warnick, managing director for American Rheinmetall Vehicles, said, “American Rheinmetall Vehicles and our teammates are excited about the award and we look forward to continuing our important work with the Army in this critical modernisation program.”
Operating with other units or independently, the vehicle can sense, move, and strike in a connected, rapidly changing, complex, and lethal operational environment unlike any infantry combat vehicle before.
“Team Lynx brings together some of the finest defence technology companies in the world and will deliver a truly transformational, modern infantry combat vehicle that ensures our soldiers can fight, survive, and win on future battlefields,” Warnick added.
