Армии европейских стран.

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🇮🇱 @ElbitSystemsLtd was awarded contracts worth in total approximately USD335 million, to supply PULS rocket launchers and rockets, as well as Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft systems to a European country. The contracts will be performed over a period of 3 years and 6 months. pic.twitter.com/aMn0bAGB3k— Defence 360° (@Defence360) November 18, 2024

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The British Ministry of Defence has announced a successful test of the new SPEAR cruise missile. The missile, launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon at the Vidsel test range in Sweden, hit a ground target 100 kilometers away.<br><br>The test marked the first time the missile engaged a… pic.twitter.com/zw6b8YfbXa&mdash; Clash Report (@clashreport) November 17, 2024

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Denmark is making one of the biggest changes to its military budget in recent history. The government has decided to increase its defense budget by $7 billion over the next two years. This decision comes as the country faces growing concerns about security in Europe.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/denma...7e86cdf64&ei=11

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ЕС обсуждают создание банка перевооружения Европы и фонда для общеевропейского финансирования обороны с участием Великобритании, пишет FT.

Банк перевооружения мог бы предоставлять кредиты на покупку военной техники, а также на промышленные проекты в оборонном секторе. Отмечается, что Польша, которая сейчас председательствует в ЕС, поддержала предложение.

[Juan Carlos]

то есть, создать еще одну огромную бюрократическую структуру, посадить туда сто тысяч кабинетных дармоедов, над всем этим создать огромный банк, куда забирать кучу моих кровных трудовых шекелей, содержать всю эту ебаную свору бездельников ради того, чтоб в итоге построить три танка и один полевой гендерно-нейтральный туалет?

и польша это поддержала?

мда... не таких действий я ждал от страны-гегемона, не таких.

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Корейцы шагают по Земле

🇷🇴🇰🇷 Hanwha announced that it will build a large factory in Dambovita, Romania, within two years and will deliver 18 K9 self-propelled howitzers and K10 ammunition resupply vehicles from Korea quickly. It is also expected to create 2,000 jobs, and Romanian companies such as Pro… pic.twitter.com/lfocRIxEKn&mdash; ハク Mason (@mason_8718) March 17, 2025

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Цитата (fahed @ Фев 27 2025, 10:33)

ЕС обсуждают создание банка перевооружения Европы и фонда для общеевропейского финансирования обороны с участием Великобритании, пишет FT.

Банк перевооружения мог бы предоставлять кредиты на покупку военной техники, а также на промышленные проекты в оборонном секторе. Отмечается, что Польша, которая сейчас председательствует в ЕС, поддержала предложение.

BREAKING: Germany’s Parliament approved a major borrowing increase, including a €500 billion fund for infrastructure and defense, alongside changes to debt rules.

[Juan Carlos]

Да. Это истрическое по своей уёбищности решение таки приняли.
Иронично. Новый канцлер провел это со старым бундестагом. Новый бы за это не проголосовал.
Эту странную загогулину попытались через суд отменить. Но вряд ли получится.

Теперь это должны одобрить в бундесрате.
И там тоже, я уверен, обосрутся.

Гермашке пызда. Теперь официально.

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Новый сокращенный список закупок (вероятных) ЗРС Дании.

Denmark today officially reduced the short list for air defence. The long range has been reduced to Patriot and SAMP/T. The short/medium range programme has been reduced to four IFPC, VI MICA, IRIS-T SLM &amp; NASAMS.<br>By the sound of things SAMP/T and NASAMS are the two favorites. pic.twitter.com/q1IRlBc7aD&mdash; Hans Tino Hansen (@HthHans) March 14, 2025

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MBDA, Europe's largest missile maker, boosted production and deliveries by 33% in 2024, as demand from European governments for air defense and battlefield munitions lifted orders to a record.

The maker of Aster air-defense interceptors, the SCALP-EG/Storm Shadow cruise missile and Exocet anti-ship weapon expects missile production to double this year from the 2023 level, Chief Executive Officer Éric Béranger said at a press conference here on Monday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/europe...sile-make%D1%87

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Germany signed an agreement to supply 2.45 million DM51 hand grenades from Diehl Defence. Here's an introduction to the dual-function DM51 grenades.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bundes...135684f5a0&ei=9

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Fears of a Russian attack are prompting Germany to equip its army with kamikaze drones. These loitering munitions fly for several tens or hundreds of kilometres before hitting their target with an explosive impact, reminiscent of the notorious V1s of World War II. The German Ministry of Defence has confirmed the signing of contracts for such devices. According to the German press, it will be the German companies Helsing and Stark that will supply these drones. The number ordered has not been specified.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/german...bdd08a2ada&ei=7

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Цитата (fahed @ Апр 4 2025, 17:09)

Fears of a Russian attack are prompting Germany to equip its army with kamikaze drones. These loitering munitions fly for several tens or hundreds of kilometres before hitting their target with an explosive impact, reminiscent of the notorious V1s of World War II. The German Ministry of Defence has confirmed the signing of contracts for such devices. According to the German press, it will be the German companies Helsing and Stark that will supply these drones. The number ordered has not been specified.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/german...bdd08a2ada&ei=7

про них по телику рассказывали, что туда запихали искусственный интеллект и если внезапно помехи и прочий рэб, то дрон включает автономный режим и ИИ ведет его в бой, как Буденный Первую Конную

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Швейцария покупает божественные ЗРС IRIS.
https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/...0%20kilometers..

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Цитата (fahed @ Апр 21 2025, 13:29)

Ну вот, белые сахибы встают к ведру с аммотолом!
Долго же они тянули. А ведь хохлы ещё когда им говорили - мобилизуйтесь, идиоты.

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🇪🇺Ammunition Breakthrough: The Math Behind Europe's Artillery Surge
In early 2024, the picture was bleak:
🇺🇸 U.S. supplies had ceased entirely, though they had delivered twice as much as the EU since the war began (2 million vs. ~1 million rounds);
🇪🇺 Europe struggled to scale up production;
🇺🇦 Ukraine lacked sufficient domestic manufacturing capacity;
🇷🇺 Russia was receiving massive ammunition shipments from North Korea (over 1 million rounds).

As of Q1 2025, things look very different:

➡️ The U.S. contribution now consists solely of pre-contracted aid from the previous administration — no new packages are on the table.

➡️ Europe has become the main supplier. Just yesterday, news broke that British defense firm BAE Systems is launching a new line in Glascoed, expected to boost output 16-fold from pre-COVID levels, with deliveries to Ukraine starting this fall (link).

➡️ Similar announcements have come from Germany’s Rheinmetall (major expansion underway) and Denmark’s Nammo, which is restarting a shuttered factory in northern Denmark to produce both small- and large-caliber rounds (link).

Currently, STV Group (Czechia), in partnership with Rheinmetall, can produce ~1 million shells annually. Nammo adds another 360,000. In short: Europe is in a far stronger position than a year ago, though supply still hasn’t caught up with battlefield demand.

📊Projected capacity by 2026:
🛑 BAE Systems (UK): 500,000 155mm shells/year
🛑 Rheinmetall (Germany): 750,000 (with expansion to 1.1 million by 2027)
🛑 Nexter-KNDS (France): 100,000+ shells + 96,000 casings via Forges de Tarbes
🛑 PGZ (Poland): targeting 150,000
🛑 STV (Czechia): stabilizing at 150,000

That’s a combined ~2 million shells per year — enough to support 5,000–5,500 daily rounds if all were shipped to Ukraine, especially when factoring in Ukraine’s own 152mm output.

🇷🇺 For comparison: Russian firepower has declined. Moscow’s current rate is ~12,000 rounds/day — propped up heavily by North Korea, which now accounts for ~45% of Russian artillery supplies. The “Russian machine” is incapable of sustaining 2 million rounds annually on its own.

Back in Europe, this production surge is being powered by the EU’s ASAP (Act in Support of Ammunition Production) program — a blend of long-term offtake contracts and co-financed purchases of critical equipment (hydraulic presses, ovens, etc.).

Yet key bottlenecks remain: explosive materials like TNT, RDX, IMX-104, and nitrocellulose for propellants.

That’s changing:
🇩🇪 Rheinmetall Nitrochemie has opened a third nitration line in Aschau;
🇬🇧 BAE is rolling out containerized RDX micro-factories across the UK and at the Holston AAP in the U.S.;
🇫🇷 Eurenco-PB Clermont is doubling output of energetic materials.

Together, these efforts could raise Europe’s artillery ceiling to 2.4 million shells/year by 2026 — but full impact will be felt only next year. Until then, every batch of explosives is still being carefully allocated across plants.

🇺🇦 Meanwhile, Ukraine is ramping up too. Since August 2024, a joint Rheinmetall-Ukroboronprom 155mm line has been operational, aiming to produce 80,000–100,000 shells this year. State-owned Artem and several private firms are scaling up output of Soviet-era calibers (152mm and 122mm).

In just three years, Europe has gone from “almost handmade” production in 2022 to output levels rivaling China’s. If projections hold, Europe’s annual 155mm shell production will jump from 250–300k to 2 million by 2026.

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Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin agreed to create a missile and rocket manufacturing center in Germany.

The center, led by Rheinmetall, will produce and distribute several types of rockets and missiles to Germany and other parts of Europe, with the goal of boosting Europe’s defense self-reliance, the company said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/rhein...670c233dc&ei=12

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Новый артиллерийский полк в армии Британии - из непальцев

The King’s Gurkha Artillery (KGA), announced today, will be a new unit in the Brigade of Gurkhas and will operate within the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-king...es-capabilities