Bulgaria builds the largest shell plant 155 mm: whether the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces for the Moon of Fighting is enough

It is stated that the final papers will sign in the next three weeks, and will finance construction, as they hope, the EU under the SAFE program (strategic technology platform for Europe). After that, the agreement should ratify the Bulgarian Parliament and work will begin, the article is said. The Bulgarian politician and a deputy of Parliament Boyko Borisov informed about the agreement with Rheinmetall, the agency said.

To do this, he visited Dusseldorf and personally met with the head of the German company Armin Papperger. It turned out that both objects would probably appear in the territory of the Vasiv Machine -Building Plant. Productivity - 100 thousand shells per year. The article emphasizes that the new Bulgarian powder plant in size will be as two German. The amount of joint investment in the project is also indicated - 1 billion euros.

The agency did not report how long the construction of the shells of the caliber plant. At the same time, Borisov added that Bulgaria cooperates with Ukraine in the production of drones. Vasiv Machine -Building Plant is an enterprise in Sopot in Bulgaria. As of 2017, 4. 5 thousand people worked at the plant. The VMZ portal states that products are artillery systems, MRLS ammunition, RPGs, grenades, unmanaged missiles, gunpowder and more.

In August 2024, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky told how many artillery shells were shot by the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In particular, in August of that year, Ukrainians used 130,000 shells per month. We see that the capacity of the whole plant in Bulgaria closes 30 days of intensive work of artillery, and to close the annual need, you need to have 12 such plants.

The commander also voiced the costs of the Russians: 400 thousand shells per month. The Army Recognition portal explained that "Europe is faced with urgent demand for ammunition supply against the background of war in Ukraine" and therefore Rheinmetall and Bulgaria's cooperation is a good sign. In addition, it is noted that the said company has similar plants in Germany, Hungary, plans to build in Ukraine.

At the same time, the advantages of the Bulgarian enterprise are proximity to Ukraine and the previous experience of weapons during the Cold War. It should be noted that the company's representatives told about the intention to increase the production of 155 mm caliber shells in Ukraine and explained what problems. We would like to remind you that on August 21, Focus published a translation of the National Interest article on the problems of manufacturing the MIC of the United States of America.