Big news from Telford: a historic 🇬🇧 gun hall is now making tank barrels for Rheinmetall—you know, the 🇩🇪 defence giant that makes the Leopard 2. So that'll be the UK's tank industry revived then... by building bits for someone else's tanks. 🧵1/3
#Rheinmetall #TankBarrels #UKDefence #Leopard2
#Rheinmetall #TankBarrels #UKDefence #Leopard2
Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK
Defence secretary says Britain must manufacture at scale as Germany’s Rheinmetall opens Midlands factory
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Big news from Telford: a historic 🇬🇧 gun hall is now making tank barrels for Rheinmetall—you know, the 🇩🇪 defence giant that makes the Leopard 2. So that'll be the UK's tank industry revived then... by building bits for someone else's tanks. 🧵1/3
#Rheinmetall #TankBarrels #UKDefence #Leopard2
#Rheinmetall #TankBarrels #UKDefence #Leopard2