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 "slug": "rheinmetall-expal-albacete-medium-calibre-plant-20-million-1-2-million-projectiles-1-8-million-cases-650-mortars",
 "title": "Rheinmetall Opens a EUR 20 Million Medium-Calibre Plant at Albacete — 1.2M Projectiles, 1.8M Cases, 650 Mortars a Year",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/rheinmetall-expal-albacete-medium-calibre-plant-20-million-1-2-million-projectiles-1-8-million-cases-650-mortars/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/rheinmetall-expal-albacete-medium-calibre-plant-20-million-1-2-million-projectiles-1-8-million-cases-650-mortars/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-16T19:15:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-19T19:15:20.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlbacete, 16 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Rheinmetall Expal Munitions has commissioned a modernised and extended medium-calibre facility at Albacete; Rheinmetall puts the investment at about EUR 20 million\n * The 5,700 m² building is to make about 3 million components a year, 1.2 million projectiles and 1.8 million cartridge cases in 20 to 35 mm, for armour-piercing, time-fuzed and AHEAD air-defence rounds used by infantry fighting vehicles and anti-aircraft guns; Burgos processes",
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "ground-defense"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "germany",
  "rheinmetall",
  "skyranger-30",
  "spain"
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