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Ukraine gets Rheinmetall 155mm shells three times more expensive (bulgarianmilitary.com)

submitted 1 year ago by tal to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to that article, about an anonymous customer with a much smaller order, they're about 65% more expensive. Not even close to what you claimed.

So... is this Kremlin propaganda or what?

[–] tal 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The first order was given as 3300 euros per shell, the second 4000 euros per shell.

If you have numbers that show lower prices, I'd be interested in seeing them. So far, you've simply asserted that you think that the price surely must be lower than what's in the articles.

EDIT:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-urges-eu-ministers-back-joint-ammunition-buying-plan-2023-03-08/

Reznikov had urged the ministers in Stockholm to support an Estonian plan for EU countries to club together to buy 1 million 155-millimetre shells this year at a cost of 4 billion euros to help fight Russia's invasion and launch a counter-offensive.

That'd be €4000/shell, which again is in line with the above numbers.