Germany to Place Rheinmetall Ammunition Order Worth $130 Million
- Government to refill depleted stocks of howitzer projectiles
- Scholz’s government has been a generous backer of Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen fire a PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Germany is poised to place its latest major order with a domestic defense manufacturer in a push to replace depleted stocks of ammunition for rapid-fire howitzers supplied to Ukraine.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government plans to buy 28,878 projectiles for the PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer from a unit of Rheinmetall AG at a cost of €118.5 million ($130 million), according to a government document dated June 16 seen by Bloomberg.