Rheinmetall to More than Double Gunpowder Output at Bavaria Plant
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Rheinmetall to more than double gunpowder output at Bavaria plant
German arms maker Rheinmetall plans to more than double gunpowder production at its Aschau am Inn plant near Munich, ramping up annual capacity from 1,700 tonnes to 4,200 tonnes and over 1mn propellant charges a year by 2028.
The supply of gunpowder has been described as a bottleneck for Europe's accelerating defense industry. Now one of Europe's largest weapons manufacturers, Germany's Rheinmetall, is announcing a major investment in gunpowder production. - I don't think anyone in the defense industry understood how fast the increase would have to be, says Hans Liwång, professor at the Swedish National Defense University.
The Group wants to produce significantly more grenades. For this, Rheinmetall is building the most modern powder factory in Europe in the Bavarian city of Aschau.
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The Rheinmetall subsidiary Nitrochemie wants to expand the site in the Upper Bavarian Aschau to become the largest and most modern powder factory in Europe. Prime Minister Söder says at the ground-breaking ceremony about the plant expansion: "We let it crash.
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