Highlights: The EU releases 500 million to support the production of munitions. Europeans are strongly committed to supporting the Ukrainian military effort. The 500 million euros should allow European ammunition production to reach the levels necessary for both the replenishment of national stocks and Ukrainian needs. The objective is to increase the production capacities of European industry, especially for powder and explosives. The envelope will be invested in 31 industrial projects across the continent and the program is banking on a ripple effect which should attract private investment of an additional 900 million euros.

The European Union will put 500 million euros on the table to support the production of munitions and reach sufficient levels to support Ukraine. Europeans are strongly committed…

The EU releases 500 million to support the production of munitions

The European Union will put 500 million euros on the table to support the production of munitions and reach sufficient levels to support Ukraine.

The Europeans were strongly committed to supporting the Ukrainian military effort, but the countries of the Union encountered numerous obstacles in resupplying themselves.

These 500 million euros should allow European ammunition production to reach the levels necessary for both the replenishment of national stocks and Ukrainian needs.

Pallets of 155mm shells destined for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Delphi, United States.

AP - Alex Brandon

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Brussels,

Pierre Benazet

Very precisely 513 million euros will be disbursed, taken from the common budget of the

European Union

, with a financial participation from Norway which has chosen to join the Union's projects in the field of manufacturing industry. defense.

The envelope will be invested in 31 industrial projects across the continent and the program is banking on a ripple effect which should attract private investment of an additional 900 million euros, according to calculations by the commission.

Achieve two million shells per year

The objective is to increase the production capacities of European industry, especially for powder and explosives which alone represent two thirds of the total investment, in order to reach 10,000 tonnes of powder and 4,300 tonnes of explosives per year.

The instruments launched in 2022 and 2023 made it possible to reach a production capacity of one million shells per year in the Union and Norway, but it is known that this roughly corresponds to the needs of Ukraine

in particularly 155 mm shells, the queen ammunition of the battlefield.

With these 31 programs, Europe intends to double its production to two million shells per year.

The EU releases 500 million to support the production of munitions

The EU releases 500 million to support the production of munitions

Achieve two million shells per year

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