Rheinmetall to supply artillery ammunition to ‘East European customer’

Rheinmetall has been commissioned to supply artillery ammunition to an Eastern European customer as a subcontractor to US company Global Military Products, which has been commissioned by the US government, Rheinmetall announced on 29 September 2025.

Under the contract, which is worth around EUR 444 million, Rheinmetall Expal Munitions will supply 155 mm M107 projectiles with M4A2 propellant charges and 105 mm M1 projectiles to the customer, which, although not named, is likely to be Ukraine. The United States has provided both 155 mm and 105 mm artillery systems to Ukraine.

Under the contact EUR170 million has already been booked as a pre-order, meaning that a further EUR 274 million in new orders has now been booked. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2026 and be completed in June 2027.

Rheinmetall has been increasing its production capacity since the Ukraine war began in 2022 and aims to be able to produce up to 1.5 million 155 mm artillery shells per year by 2027.