Rheinmetall is building an ammunition factory despite protests – Scholz and Pistorius at the groundbreaking ceremony. The arms company is one of the few beneficiaries of the Ukraine war.
In the future, the company wants to produce 200,000 rounds of artillery ammunition as well as explosives and rocket engines there every year. The federal government assessed the expansion of ammunition production in advance as a signal of Germany's continued military support for Ukraine. In addition to ammunition, military vehicles such as the Puma infantry fighting vehicle are also manufactured there.