Germany delivers first batch of newly produced gephard shells to Ukraine Germany has sent Ukraine ammunition just produced at the restored production line for gephard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns German defense Ministry reported this the ministry noted that the construction of a production line for the manufacture of ammunition was successfully completed in an ambitious time frame which made it
possible to carry out the first delivery of a five-figure number of shells to Ukraine the what in Ukraine reminds us almost daily that the defense of our own country depends on air defense and a sufficient amount of ammunition with the resumption of production of gephard ammunition we are focusing on these two important aspects said defense minister Boris Pistorius I am glad we launched production so
quickly and without bureaucratic obstacles Boris Pistorius added the minister assured that Germany will continue to support Ukraine in those areas that are its strengths artillery ammunition and ground air defense in February 2023 the German defense minister at a meeting in the Ramstein format said that by order of the German Federal Ministry of Defense Rhine metal AG would restore the production line to
produce ammunition for gephard the contract signed in February with a budget of 168 million euros provides for the supply of a total of 300 000 shells to do this it was necessary to restart production and find a way to process old ammunition using new means despite this challenging process the first ammunition was delivered to Ukraine almost seven months after the contract was signed as of today Germany has delivered 46 gephard installations to Kiev six more should arrive soon .
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