This file photo shows Polish and Ukrainian soldiers training on a Leopard 2 tank at the Swietoszow military base in western Poland, Feb. 23, 2023. (AFP photo)
Business Insider: The German company that makes Leopard and Panther tanks wants to build a factory in Ukraine, report says
* Rheinmetall wants to build tanks in Ukraine, CEO Armin Papperger told the Rheinische Post.
* A plant would cost about $200 million and could produce 400 battle tanks a year.
* Rheinmetall makes the Leopard 2 tanks that Germany finally offered to send to Ukraine in January.
A German arms giant wants to build a tank factory in Ukraine, the Rheinische Post reported Saturday.
"Talks with the Ukrainian government are promising and I'm hoping for a decision in the next two months," Armin Papperger, the CEO of Rheinmetall, told the newspaper.
Rheinmetall makes an array of weapons and ammunition, including the Leopard 2 tanks that Germany finally offered to send to Ukraine in late January.
Its latest battle-tank is the Panther KF51. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, but has factories in 33 countries.
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Update: Rheinmetall in talks on building tank factory in Ukraine - report (Reuters).
WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. Germany building a tank factory in Ukraine is not going to go down well in Russia.
4 comments:
I'll bet the investors are lining up for that project. great place to invest your money, right? what could go wrong? build a weapons factory, in a country which is at war, which is 1/3rd occupied arguably by a superior enemy with precision missile capabilities. good luck.
don't worry, Russia is out of missiles
German Sam defended , you needn't worry
Possibly the dumbest thing I've read regarding this war so far.
Lil pump n dump story for Rheinmetalls share price before the wars over.
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