Berlin orders €4bn of tank munitions from Rheinmetall
德国政府订购40亿欧元坦克炮弹
Germany’s largest defence company benefits as country seeks to shore up stocks depleted during Ukraine conflict
德国最大军工承包商莱茵金属称，5.5亿欧元的现有炮弹合同已经扩大，以弥补德国军队120毫米坦克炮弹库存出现的缺口。
Rheinmetall has received a munitions order worth up to €4bn from the German government as the country rushes to shore up diminishing inventories to supply Ukraine with military equipment.Germany’s largest defence contractor on Thursday said that an existing agreement worth more than €550mn for 120mm tank ammunition, including the type fired by the main gun of the Leopard 2 tank, had been expanded “to close gaps that have arisen in the stocks [of the German military]”.
莱茵金属公司(Rheinmetall)已从德国政府获得价值高达40亿欧元的弹药订单。目前德国急于补充不断减少的弹药库存以军援乌克兰。
“The framework contract also provides for the supply of a significant amount of tank ammunition for the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the company said, adding that the Bundeswehr (German federal army) had retrieved an initial round of ammunition worth €309mn “as soon as the contract was signed”.
这家德国最大军工承包商周四表示，价值逾5.5亿欧元的120毫米坦克炮弹（包括豹2坦克主炮所用的炮弹型号）现有合同已经扩大，“以弥补（德国军队）120毫米坦克炮弹库存出现的缺口”。
Rheinmetall said that the order would “secure ammunition supply in the long term” not only for the Bundeswehr but also “partner countries . . . as production processes can be planned better and existing capacities can be optimally exploited”.
“这一框架合同还包括向乌克兰武装部队供应大量坦克弹药，”该公司表示。它补充称，德国联邦国防军(Bundeswehr)在“签署合同后马上”接收了首批价值3.09亿欧元的弹药。
