The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has ordered 35mm ammunition for Gepard anti-aircraft guns from the German company Rheinmetall.

The company’s official website reported on this.

According to Rheinmetall, the new order comprises 180,000 rounds of HEI-T ammunition (High Explosive Incendiary with Tracer) and was booked in December of 2024.

The order value is in the high double-digit million euro range.

This order will be financed by the German government, and Rheinmetall will start fulfilling it only in 2026.

It should be noted that the new order is in addition to the previously concluded contract to supply Ukraine with 300,000 rounds of ammunition for the Gepard systems.

This ammunition is produced at Rheinmetall’s Unterlüß plant in Lower Saxony, where production was launched in 2023 in a timely manner.

Until today, Germany has handed over 57 Gepard anti-aircraft guns to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and another 13 are planned to be delivered in the near future.

Militarnyi previously reported that German defense giant Rheinmetall was set to supply Ukraine with 155mm artillery rounds.

Under the contract signed between the parties, the German company is to start supplying artillery shells in the first half of 2025.

In addition to rounds, Rheinmetall has recently signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to supply 155 mm powder charges.

The contract is worth about €9 million.