Germany to restart production of Gepard ammunition for Ukraine, minister says

Germany has been trying for months to find new munitions for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns which its own military had decommissioned in 2010

Bart Meijer and Sabine Siebold, Reuters News

February 14, 2023

Germany has signed contracts with Rheinmetall to restart the production of ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns it has delivered to Kyiv, German Defense minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday.

"We will quickly start our own production of Gepard ammunition at Rheinmetall. I am very happy we have been able to guarantee the delivery of this important part of air defense," Pistorius said before a meeting with NATO ministers in Brussels.

Germany has been trying for months to find new munitions for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns which its own military had decommissioned in 2010. (Reporting by Bart Meijer and Sabine Siebold; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)

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