Rheinmetall opens medium-caliber ammunition production line in Albacete, Spain, under Project Firepower expansion
Rheinmetall Expal Munitions inaugurated a new medium-caliber ammunition facility at its Albacete site in Spain, attended by Spanish State Secretary for Defense Amparo Valcarce and German Ambassador Heiko Thoms. The plant is part of Rheinmetall's multi-site Firepower expansion programme and will nearly double the Albacete footprint. Production is scheduled to begin within October 2026.
Why it matters: Albacete joins Unterlüß and other nodes in Rheinmetall's distributed-production hedge against supply shocks—medium-caliber lines are cheaper to replicate than 155mm forges, so Spain becomes a fallback if German capacity is directed east.
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