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Rheinmetall opens new ammunition factory in Germany 2:30 Unterluss, central Germany —

For three years European nations have funneled huge amounts of arms to Ukraine to help Kyiv battle Russia’s full-blown invasion.

Now, with reserves dwindling from a grinding, ammunition-guzzling conflict that shows no sign of ending, a factory that opened in Germany on Wednesday could go some way to replenishing stocks.

Rheinmetall, one of the world’s largest defense contractors, has just finished building an ammunition factory which it claims to be the largest in Europe.

The site, the size of five football fields, was completed in 18 months and is already churning out 155mm, NATO- standard artil