The Ukroboronprom State Concern handed over a batch of new 122mm artillery shells to the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

The concern’s press service announced this.

The production of these artillery munitions was established abroad in cooperation with one of the NATO countries.

According to the state concern, the projectiles are produced at foreign facilities but using Ukrainian technology and with the involvement of specialists from the Ukrainian defense industry.

Ukrainian artillerymen are using the 122mm projectile for the D-30 towed howitzers and the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers.

Ukroboronprom emphasizes that this is the third type of ammunition after the 120mm mortar rounds and the 125mm tank rounds, which is manufactured using Ukrainian technology and with the involvement of Ukrainian specialized professionals at foreign facilities. The previous batch of ammunition was shipped to the Armed Forces of Ukraine last month.

The order for new projectiles was preceded by factory tests, during which, according to the concern, experts confirmed the necessary tactical and technical characteristics of the shell: the strength of the body when fired, the stability of the equipment, the maximum range, the accuracy of the firing and the completeness of the ammunition burst.

On Monday, April 10, Ukroboronprom shipped a batch of new 125mm tank rounds to the Ukrainian military, which are also jointly produced abroad.

In March, the State Concern announced that it had started production of 125mm tank ammunition.

First of all, this regards the production of high-explosive fragmentation shells.

“By order of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the first batch of 125-mm ammunition for T-64, T-72, and T-80 tanks, with which the Security Service of Ukraine and Defense Forces of Ukraine are striking the invaders, has already been delivered,” Ukroboronprom reported.

The concern emphasized that Ukraine generally launched its own production of ammunition for various weapons for the first time since gaining independence.