 Germany plans to produce 250,000 artillery shells for Ukraine. Germany has offered to produce 250,155mm artillery shells for the Ukrainian Army, which is a quarter of the total amount of ammunition that the European Union intends to produce for Ukraine. German newspaper Frankfurter Algemein Zeytung wrote it. As Frankfurter Algemein Zeytung reported, the proposal to produce such a large number of shells for Ukraine was made during a meeting of directors of armament companies which took place this week. It was noted that the company Rheinmetall and arms manufacturer from Düsseldorf will be engaged in the production of shells. An anonymous representative of Rheinmetall told Frankfurter Algemein Zeytung that the enterprise can currently produce 450,000 artillery shells per year, 350,000 of them at factories in Europe. As per an anonymous representative, Rheinmetall plans to increase the production of artillery ammunition to about 600,000 per year in the future. As part of the compromise reached between EU member states, final assembly of shells must be carried out in the EU to partially compensate for the cost. The components, however, can be supplied from third countries. In this plan, Rheinmetall may provide about 50,000 shell casings that the company produces in Australia and explosive cartridges from its South African factory, but not 100,000 grenades that are also manufactured. On March 4th, media reports said Rheinmetall is negotiating with Kiev regarding the construction of a tank factory somewhere in Ukraine.