The first RheinMetall concern shop. What the enterprise will do and how to protect it from the strokes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

German military equipment will not have to be repaired to other countries. The opening of the RheinMetall shop in Ukraine will give impetus to other defense companies. The emergence of American industrial giants is a matter of time that military experts surveyed by focus. The State Company "Ukrainian Defense Industry" (former "Ukroboronprom") and the largest German defense concern Rheinmetall opened the first joint joint workshop in Ukraine for repair and production of armored vehicles.

Now the teams of mechanics will be much faster to repair foreign equipment damaged in battles with the Russian army. In the future, they consider the production of new weapons samples, said Oleksandr Kamyshyn, Minister for Strategic Industry of Ukraine. In the joint shop there are Ukrainian specialists under the technical supervision of colleagues from Germany. Taxes are paid to the budget of Ukraine, the minister said.

The opening of the first workshop, according to Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Dmitry Klimenkov, will strengthen the defensive potential of a belligerent country. German equipment will be served in Ukraine, which will significantly increase the efficiency of the Armed Forces.

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Concern David Lomjariya stressed that the development of Kyiv's partnership with the leading world manufacturer of weapons testifies to a high degree of confidence of Western colleagues. "When we talk about supplying spare parts, our main priority is to ensure maximum availability and rapid replenishment of inventories. To achieve this goal, we contact manufacturers of original parts.

We restore the supply chains and integrate local production in Ukraine," he said during Opening CEO of RheinMetall AG Armin Papperger. Learned in Germany, mechanical engineers and mechatronics from Ukraine have been restoring Western equipment since 2023. In the first stage, Marder BMP maintenance and repair will be available, then repair of old Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks, which were in service with the Federal Republic of Germany until the 1980s, according to the RheinMetall Prescribe.

The concern management uses existing local infrastructure, brought special tools, spare parts and other equipment to the shop. The German concern Rheinmetall is an important supplier of armored vehicles and ammunition for Ukraine. The first heavy weapons that Germany put in Kiev was the howitzer on Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PZH), made with another German concern Kraus Maffei Wegmann from Munich. After howitzers, Ukraine received self -propelled Gepard anti -aircraft installations in the summer of 2022.

The machines perfectly knock down enemy drones-Kamikadze and are an element of echelorated air defense. 35 mm caliber shells to Gepard's installations is also a merit of RheinMetall. Germany and allies in 2023 handed over to Kiev BMP Marder, Tanks Leopard 2 and Leopard 1. Conc production Rheinmetall - 120 mm guns for these machines. Rheinmetall plans were known to open a plant in Ukraine since the summer of 2023.

Then Papperger said that the Ukrainian military should solve the tasks themselves and not wait for Europeans or Americans to help them in the next 10 or 20 years. On March 14, the German defense concern announced the construction of at least four plants in Ukraine for the manufacture of shells, military equipment, gunpowder and anti -aircraft weapons.

The military cooperation of Ukraine and Germany, according to the Defense Express Development Director Valery Ryabykh, has already produced their fruits. Before the opening of the repair shop, Western military equipment had to be sent to Poland, Romania and Germany, which took a long time. The load, unloading and repair itself lasted several weeks.

The opportunities of Ukrainian specialists are growing - they will receive technical documentation from regulatory work and study from German specialists. Further, the joint venture, as the expert says, will be engaged in the production of spare parts for various types of equipment and simple FUCHS armored personnel carriers with enhanced protection against mines and homemade explosive devices. The opening of the RheinMetall shop will give impetus to other defense companies.

The emergence of a workshop of the American military-industrial giant Lockhead Martin is not excluded. The Russian Foreign Ministry threatened to destroy Rheinmetall shops in Ukraine. German enterprises, along with any other objects of the defense complex, will be legitimate for the army of the Russian Federation. And former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the construction of a German plant "celebrated with a salute from maritime base missiles" Caliber.

consists in supporting Ukrainian partners in the struggle for freedom and democracy and as soon as possible satisfaction The saturation of Ukraine, according to Valery Ryabykh, may not be reported to a large number of military equipment in one day in a large number of military equipment. We fight the third year. Drones, artillery ammunition, Bogdan's SAU and more are produced. Russia cannot stop the process, "says military expert Pavel Narozhny.