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The soldiers produced by this machine don’t have the highest morale. The aim seems to be to produce instruments forced to move forward, knowing that retreat or desertion is just as deadly as the enemy. That’s what mobilized witnesses told ''Babel''. One overheard a conversation between the training ground leadership of the 425th about the next frontline deployment of new recruits:

The soldiers produced by this machine don’t have the highest morale. The aim seems to be to produce instruments forced to move forward, knowing that retreat or desertion is just as deadly as the enemy. That’s what mobilized witnesses told ''Babel''. One overheard a conversation between the training ground leadership of the 425th about the next frontline deployment of new recruits:

==Production output==

==Production output==

[[Europe]]'s [[artillery]] [[ammunition]] capacity has risen from about 300,000 rounds a year in 2022 to roughly two million, and Rheinmetall's sales rose almost 70% in the second quarter of 2026. But certifying a new production line takes four to five years, skilled technicians are scarce, and Rheinmetall has already cut its 2026 sales forecast. Meanwhile [[German]] [[industry]] is contracting: [[Volkswagen]] is closing plants, [[BASF]] is shifting production to [[China]], and the same high [[energy]] [[cost]]s driving that decline weigh on energy-intensive propellant and explosives production.

[[Europe]]'s [[artillery]] [[ammunition]] capacity has risen from about 300,000 rounds a year in 2022 to roughly two million, and Rheinmetall's sales rose almost 70% in the second quarter of 2026. But certifying a new production line takes four to five years, skilled technicians are scarce, and Rheinmetall has already cut its 2026 sales forecast. Meanwhile [[German]] [[industry]] is contracting: [[Volkswagen]] is closing plants, [[BASF]] is shifting production to [[China]], and the same high [[energy]] [[cost]]s driving that decline weigh on energy-intensive propellant and explosives production.