19 minutes agoGerman arms producer: We are negotiating the opening of a tank factory in Ukraine
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)German arms producer Rheinmetall, who, among other things, produces Leopard tanks, wants to open a tank factory in Ukraine. The executive director of the German company Armin Papperger himself discovered this news. Papperger, has declared that negotiations on building such a factory are under way and that a decision can be reached [...]
German arms producer Rheinmetall, who, among other things, produces Leopard tanks, wants to open a tank factory in Ukraine.
The executive director of the German company Armin Papperger himself discovered this news.
Paperger, has declared that negotiations on building such a factory are under way and that a decision can be reached within two months.
A potential factory would cost around 200m euros and could produce about 400 tanks annually.
The executive director added that air defence systems can be installed in factories to protect the facility, and that a new version of the fully digital Panter tank can be produced in Ukraine.
Rheinmetall is Germany's largest arms producer with about 25 thousand employees.
