4.2.24
The Nammo Lapua ammunition plant will increase its output fivefold this year due to the war in Ukraine. Regional Director Ilkka Heikkilä said this in an interview with the STT news agency .
The plant, which produces casings for artillery shells, is located in Sastamala in the west of the country.
Nammo (Nordic Ammunition Company) is a joint Norwegian-Finnish company specializing in the production of ammunition. The company’s shares are divided equally and are owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Finnish defense corporation Patria.
The increase in production at the Sastamala plant is linked to the war in Ukraine, as artillery shells play a key role in Finnish aid to Ukraine.
Nammo has applied to participate in the EU Asap project to increase ammunition production. If successful, the company will build a new plant for the production of artillery shells. The project will also require funding from the Finnish government.
Little Finland can do it! But, the “Big Three” in Europe are only complaining instead of doing.
‘Big’ three? Rather Big zeros.
Germany should at least be a zeropointfive. Rheinmetall, with support by our department of defence, is building several new factories.
That too.
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^bert
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Ha,ha,ha!
Very insightful article at Defense One about what’s holding production increases back in Europe:
“In race to make artillery shells, US, EU see different results”
https://www.defenseone.com/business/2023/11/race-make-artillery-shells-us-eu-see-different-results/392288/
The Keystone Kops have a much better modus operandi.