Tag: Weapons & accessories
CEO Papperger’s clever but daring calculation
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 – without…
Russia threatens to attack planned Rheinmetall plant in Ukraine
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 Ukraine are…
Can autonomous weapons still be regulated?
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 enemy positions…
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) Frankfurt It was a close race, but now Rheinmetall has…
Federal government wants to buy decommissioned Leopard tanks from Switzerland
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 federal government…
The first Leopard 1 tanks should be operational by June at the latest
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 trained more…
“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) Munich Volodymyr Pikuzo had three meetings with armaments representatives when…
“The whole world was unarmed”
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 whether he…
“The whole world was unarmed”
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 whether he…
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) Munich, Washington…
Commentary: Munich Security Conference: A turning point in the time trap
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 Munich Security…
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) Munich, Paris The US defense company Lockheed…
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) Berlin Since the beginning of the year, the Ukrainian Ministry…
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) Berlin Since the beginning of the year, the Ukrainian Ministry…
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) Berlin, Paris The US armaments group Lockheed…
Ukraine must defend itself with a patchwork army
Ukrainian soldiers with Russian T-72 tanks The Ukrainian army shows a lot of flexibility within its hodgepodge of weapons, but it also has to deploy a lot of personnel. (Photo:…
Norway to deliver eight Leopard 2
Training Ukrainian soldiers on the Leopard 2 in Poland Eight nations are ready to provide main battle tanks of the type. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin For a long time, the German…
Why the West isn’t sending fighter jets
No fighter jets for Ukraine The Americans are delivering plenty of weapons to Ukraine, including modern ones, but no fighter jets, no long-range missiles, no attack drones. (Photo: IMAGO/ANE Edition)…
Incoming orders from Bundeswehr special funds have been low so far
armor The so-called special fund in the amount of 100 billion euros to better equip the Bundeswehr was launched by the federal government after the Russian attack on Ukraine at…
Rheinmetall wants to export the most modern tanks to Ukraine
Armin Papperger Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, considers delivery of the Panther main battle tanks “in 15 to 18 months” to be possible. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The armaments group Rheinmetall…