NATO State Places €17 Million Order for Rheinmetall’s Assegai 155mm Ammunition

NATO State Places €17 Million Order for Rheinmetall’s Assegai 155mm Ammunition

(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall has won two new contracts in the indirect fire ammunition domain. A customer has ordered propellant charges worth €40 million, and another customer, a NATO state, has placed an order for Assegai 155mm ammunition worth €17 million. Rheinmetall Denel Munition is constantly working to improve its technologies and has set a maximum range record in South Africa. The company is also working on improving the rocket motor in conventional 155mm Assegai projectiles and developing a new technology to boost the maximum range to over 155 kilometers.

(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 2-Feb-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Rheinmetall (ETR: RHM), a renowned development partner and direct supplier to the global automotive industry and a leading provider for security technology, is pleased to announce two new contracts in the indirect fire ammunition domain. A significant international customer has placed an order for propellant charges worth approximately €40 million from Rheinmetall Denel Munition, the Group’s South African subsidiary. Another customer, a NATO state, has also ordered Rheinmetall Denel Munition’s tried-and-tested Assegai 155mm ammunition, worth around €17 million.

The Assegai family of artillery ammunition is a reliable solution, compatible with any NATO STANAG-compatible artillery system, including the PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer. In 2019, Rheinmetall set a new maximum range record in South Africa with the Assegai family and other group products, including the Extended Range Charge from subsidiary Nitrochemie AG. The Assegai system approach, from fuse to projectile to propelling charges, enabled long-range capabilities with various artillery systems. A non-NATO 155mm artillery gun with a 52 calibre length and 25-litre propelling charge chamber achieved a record-breaking range of 76 kilometers.

Rheinmetall Denel Munition is dedicated to driving innovation in artillery technology. The company is currently improving the rocket motor in conventional 155mm Assegai projectiles and working on a new development that will increase the maximum range to over 155 kilometers.

“We’re very pleased that two customers – including a NATO member state and a non-NATO country – have again placed their trust in our globally proven Assegai indirect fire technology”, says Jan-Patrick Helmsen, managing director of Rheinmetall Denel Munition. “As a systems maker, we work constantly to improve our cutting-edge technologies so that we can provide our customers’ soldiers with the very best, most reliable solutions possible.”

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Oliver Hoffmann
Head of Press and Public Relations
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40476 Düsseldorf
Germany
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SOURCE: RHEINMETALL AG