Poland will build a 155mm projectile factory: will only work for export

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/88/AF/IB-FRL0Rhou1_9EA2A6BB.JPG" Alt = "in Poland will build a plant for 155 mm projectiles: will only work for export"/> ~ ~ ~ < p > in the Swentokshi Voivodeship of Poland will build a complex for the production of large -caliber ammunition for 100 million zlotys ($ 26.09 million). About this & nbsp; writes & nbsp; Polish newspaper rzeczpospolita.

< P > On Thursday, April 10, in the office of the Municipality Slupy-Konetsk (Swentokshyske Voivodeship) in Poland will be signed “Agreement on Cooperation on Investment in a new complex for the production of large-caliber ammunition with appropriate infrastructure.” < p > The document will sign local government and AMC Global Group.

< P > The plant will specialize in the final assembly of 155 mm artillery shells M107 and M485. Such shells have a basic range up to 20 km, but it can be increased by installing the so -called gas generator.

< p > The details themselves will not produce & ndash; Only collect from imported components:

< Ul > < li > projectile buildings & ndash; from Italy, Turkey, Croatia or Romania; < li >detonators & ndash; from France or Balkan Peninsula countries; < li > Powder Charges & ndash; from the Czech Republic, Slovakia or Asian countries; < li > Explosive will be supplied by Polish company Nitrochem from Bydgosch.

< p > expected that the plant will be able to collect up to 120,000 shells per year.

< P > On a land plot of about 12 hectares will be built “Complex of production buildings, including the main composition, composition for components, production line for nine basic technological processes, as well as social and office space”.

~ ~ < P > The enterprise will work about 80 people, most processes will be automated.

< P > The construction of the plant can start this year. Full starting is possible in 2027 or in early 2028. Investments in the project will be about 100 million zlotys.

< P > The projectiles produced at this Polish plant will be focused solely on export. Ammunition does not have certification for use in Polish howitsa Krab or K9, and undergo all internal procedures, according to the sources of the newspaper, is too difficult.

< p > “Bureaucracy in the Ministry of Defense (Poland. & Amp; ndash; ed.) So high that it is easier to sell such missiles, such as Ukraine or clients from the Middle East”, & ndash; said the newspaper source.

< P > The main manufacturer of shells in Poland is PGZ, which produces less than 50 000 155 mm ammunition per year, mainly from imported components.