>The Rheinmetall armaments group plans to start delivering fresh ammunition for the German Gepard anti-aircraft tank in the coming days. By the end of the year, 40,000 shells should be delivered to Ukraine, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told “Bild am Sonntag.” He added that the total order volume amounts to 300,000 rounds. Germany has so far supplied Ukraine with some 40 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, with more to follow by the end of the year.
According to the “Bild am Sonntag,” there were problems with the production of the ammunition: The Gepard dates back to the 1980s. Rebuilding the old ammunition would not work because the earlier tools for it were missing. As a result, the engineers had converted existing 35-millimeter ammunition for the on-board weapon of an infantry fighting vehicle for the Gepard.
Just to make it clear, fuck the Swiss. They could have provided this over a year ago
Hmmm. Gepards can do more than 1000 rounds/minute.
Considering Ukraine has 40 Gepards, 40000 rounds then last, wait, how long?
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Translated with DeepL from German:
>The Rheinmetall armaments group plans to start delivering fresh ammunition for the German Gepard anti-aircraft tank in the coming days. By the end of the year, 40,000 shells should be delivered to Ukraine, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told “Bild am Sonntag.” He added that the total order volume amounts to 300,000 rounds. Germany has so far supplied Ukraine with some 40 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, with more to follow by the end of the year.
According to the “Bild am Sonntag,” there were problems with the production of the ammunition: The Gepard dates back to the 1980s. Rebuilding the old ammunition would not work because the earlier tools for it were missing. As a result, the engineers had converted existing 35-millimeter ammunition for the on-board weapon of an infantry fighting vehicle for the Gepard.
Just to make it clear, fuck the Swiss. They could have provided this over a year ago
Hmmm. Gepards can do more than 1000 rounds/minute.
Considering Ukraine has 40 Gepards, 40000 rounds then last, wait, how long?
tanks… 🙂