The Rheinmetall announced the conclusion of a contract with an unnamed European customer for 155-mm L15 shells. According to the official announcement, the agreement was concluded in December and covers the supply of 10,000 shells.
The value of the announced deal was about 33 million euros. That is, one 155-mm projectile under this contract costs 3.3 thousand euros. The deadlines for the order are quite vague: 2023.
The price per shell there is in the same ballpark as the numbers the article here lists.
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.
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.
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.
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Here’s an earlier Rheinmetall contract from late last year.
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/how_much_155mm_ammunition_costs_now_an_example_of_the_rheinmetall_contract_for_10000_shells-5178.html
The price per shell there is in the same ballpark as the numbers the article here lists.
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?
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/
That’d be €4000/shell, which again is in line with the above numbers.