Tag: Weapons & accessories
Defense: Federal government orders self-propelled howitzers
Download Here Panzerhaubitze 2000 in action in Ukraine The federal government now wants to order up to 28 of the artillery pieces for the Bundeswehr. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The Federal…
Rheinmetall hopes for orders worth billions from special funds
Download Here Dusseldorf A few days before it was included in the leading German index Dax, the armaments group and automotive supplier Rheinmetall presented record annual figures for 2022 and…
US drone collides with Russian fighter jet over Black Sea
Download Here US MQ-9 Reaper drone According to the US military, the drone was on a routine mission. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin An unmanned US military drone has collided with a…
What else can Moscow come up with? The Great Mystery of Russia’s Munitions Inventory
Burned out Russian ammunition depot Russia is apparently looking for new suppliers of war ammunition. (Photo: AP) Download Here Berlin Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, is furious.…
Russia is increasing its operations in Ukraine – but the air war has failed
Ukraine’s emergency services workers load the remains of an S-300 missile S-300 missiles are used in large numbers in areas close to the border, thus increasing the range of classic…
CEO Papperger’s clever but daring calculation
Download Here Panthers Rheinmetall is still looking for the first customer for its new main battle tank – and may find one in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Armin Papperger has chutzpah…
Russia threatens to attack planned Rheinmetall plant in Ukraine
Download Here Rheinmetall Panther tank It will probably take a while before this model goes into series production. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Rheinmetall’s plans to build a tank factory in the…
Can autonomous weapons still be regulated?
Download Here Berlin The war in Ukraine is often taking place according to decades-old strategies: artillery fire, trenches, house-to-house fighting. But the massive use of drones to recon and engage…
Rheinmetall is promoted to the Dax
Rheinmetall headquarters in Düsseldorf The Rheinmetall share will be included in the Dax in around two weeks. (Photo: IMAGO/Norbert Schmidt) Download Here Frankfurt It was a close race, but now…
Federal government wants to buy decommissioned Leopard tanks from Switzerland
Download Here A Panzer 87 Leopard of the Swiss Army The model is based on the Leopard 2A4, but has been continuously developed. (Photo: picture alliance/KEYSTONE) Berlin In Switzerland, the…
The first Leopard 1 tanks should be operational by June at the latest
Download Here Ukrainian soldier in front of a Marder armored personnel carrier A limiting factor in training is the lack of interpreters. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Bundeswehr wants to have…
“The whole world was unarmed”
Battle in Donetsk region The Ukrainians now have a large hodgepodge of weapon systems, which also creates problems. (Photo: dpa) Download Here Munich Volodymyr Pikuzo had three meetings with armaments…
“The whole world was unarmed”
Download Here Munich Volodymyr Pikuzo had three meetings with armaments representatives when he was asked by a businessman late in the evening on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference…
“The whole world was unarmed”
Download Here Munich Volodymyr Pikuzo had three meetings with armaments representatives when he was asked by a businessman late in the evening on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference…
Despite agreement, there are practical problems with support
Kamala Harris and Olaf Scholz From Friday to Sunday, 40 heads of state and government and almost 100 ministers discussed the global security architecture in Munich. (Photo: AP) Download Here…
Commentary: Munich Security Conference: A turning point in the time trap
Download Here Time is money. This also applies when – as in the case of arms and economic aid for Ukraine – three-digit billions are already at stake. At the…
Americans involved Rheinmetall in the construction of the US fighter jet
US Navy F-35 The German armaments group Rheinmetall is to be involved in the production of the fighter jet. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Download Here Munich, Paris The US defense…
Ukraine is failing to mass-produce new drones
Ukrainian soldier with a drone The Ukrainian army uses a variety of drones in the war against Russia. (Photo: AP) Download Here Berlin Since the beginning of the year, the…
Ukraine is failing to mass-produce new drones
Ukrainian soldier with a drone The Ukrainian army uses a variety of drones in the war against Russia. (Photo: AP) Download Here Berlin Since the beginning of the year, the…
Americans involved Rheinmetall in the construction of the US fighter jet
US Navy F-35 The German armaments group Rheinmetall is to be involved in the production of the fighter jet. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Download Here Berlin, Paris The US armaments…