Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa and BAE Systems have signed a strategic partnership to build a 155mm artillery ammunition manufacturing plant in Poland. The facility is intended to ramp up production of battlefield munitions and help alleviate 155mm shell shortages affecting Ukraine and NATO partners.
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The new plant directly increases Western munitions production capacity at a time when demand for 155mm shells remains acute, complementing recent European industrial expansion such as Rheinmetall brought Europe’s largest ammunition factory into operation.
It targets the specific 155mm calibre that has been in short supply on the battlefield and ties into parallel UK efforts to modernise that ammunition class, including the ramjet‑powered Sceptre 155 mm artillery round programme.
The move is part of Poland’s wider defence industrial build-up and procurement momentum, following large capability investments such as the $3.8B F‑16 upgrade deal with Lockheed, signalling Warsaw’s commitment to onshore production and NATO interoperability.
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