A subsidiary of the Rheinmetall concern has received a major order for the production of 155 mm artillery ammunition.

This is reported on the website of the German concern.

One of the NATO member countries awarded the South African subsidiary Rheinmetall Denel Munition a framework contract for the supply of 155mm ammunition of the proven Assegai product line.

The order value is in the mid three-digit million EUR range.

The framework agreement was concluded in December and has a term of five years.

The five years framework contract provides for the delivery of 155mm M2005 V-LAP (Velocity Enhanced Long Range Artillery Projectile) projectiles, M92 modular charges and various fuzes.

The 155mm M2005 V-LAP projectile features a high fragmentation effect as well as extended range through rocket and base bleed technology. The ammunition is already deployed in several NATO countries.

The German concern notes that the M2005 HE V-LAP projectile is an advanced modern artillery ammunition.

The M2005 projectile can be used with suitable NATO standard fuzes and JBMoU compatible modular charge systems and can be fired from any compatible 155mm weapon system.

Jointly owned by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (51%) of Germany and Denel (Pty) Ltd, Rheinmetall Denel Munition produces a wide variety of ammunition such as 155 mm artillery ammunition, 60, 81 and 120 mm mortars, 40 mm grenades and 76/62 mm Naval Rounds, aircraft bombs and mine breaching systems.

Rheinmetall Denel Munition also builds ammunition filling plants for export and manufactures missile subsystems.

In August 2022, another unnamed member country of the North Atlantic Alliance placed an order for the upgraded 155-mm ammunition from the Assegai product line. Delivery will take place over the next two years. The contract is worth a figure in the upper-two-digit million-euro range.