Artillery components
Propellant Powder
Also known as (3)
- propulsion
- gunpowder
- nitrocellulose propellant
Propellant powder for gun ammunition, counted in tonnes; one of the inputs Rheinmetall lists for its artillery ammunition systems.
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- Producing countries
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- Last figure
- Updated Sep 2026
This is what the ledger can account for. Where no figure has been published for a producing country, only the plants and producers a source has named are counted, so the real total is higher.
Production by scope
Each country the item is made in, broken down into the producers and plants a source has named. A plant’s figure is part of its country’s, never added to it.
| Scope | Producer | Output / mo | Capacity / mo | Updated | Evidence and chart |
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 Bulgaria | — | — | Updated 11 Mar 2026 | ||
| Rheinmetall VMZ | Rheinmetall VMZ | — | — | Updated 11 Mar 2026 | |
 India | — | — | Updated 11 Mar 2026 | ||
| Reliance Defence | Reliance Defence | — | — | Updated 11 Mar 2026 | |
 Romania | — | — | Updated 11 Mar 2026 | ||
| Rheinmetall Victoria | Rheinmetall Victoria | — | — | Updated 11 Mar 2026 |
History
Every published figure for one line. The band is the range a source gave; hollow points are estimates; dashed is a target or forecast; grey points were corrected later.
No figures to chart for this line.
The figures in this chart
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Promises vs delivery
Each announced target or forecast, next to what was reported once its date arrived.
Capacity target · Across the item
20,000 tonnes per year by Dec 2030
PendingLatest figure so far
5,000 tonnes per year Dec 2022
Capacity target · Across the item
12,000 tonnes per year by Dec 2027
PendingLatest figure so far
5,000 tonnes per year Dec 2022
Figures and evidence
Every published figure that stands, with the sentence each one rests on. A figure is never edited: a correction is a new figure, and the old one is kept below.
Bulgaria 1
figure
Rheinmetall VMZ
1,300 tonnes per year
from 2028
Capacity target Reported high“Approximately”; read as an annual figure, following the capacity sentence before it. Energetic materials production is planned from 2028.
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India 1
figure
Reliance Defence
≤ 2,000 tonnes per year
stated 11 Mar 2026
Capacity target Reported highTarget set in 2026; no deadline given. “Up to”; a planned Reliance Defence facility under a May 2025 memorandum of understanding with Rheinmetall.
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Romania 1
figure
Rheinmetall Victoria
200 tonnes per year
from 2028
Capacity target Reported highFor local demand, in addition to the powder the plant’s own charges consume. Production is scheduled to begin in 2028.
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Across the item
20,000 tonnes per year
2030
Capacity target Reported medium"~", approximate. Propellant powder for all calibres, not artillery alone. Stated for the Rheinmetall group a year; the slide names no country.
- Quote checked against the document
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12,000 tonnes per year
2027
Capacity target Reported medium"~", approximate. Propellant powder for all calibres, not artillery alone. Stated for the Rheinmetall group a year; the slide names no country.
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5,000 tonnes per year
2022
Capacity Reported mediumPropellant powder for all calibres, not artillery alone. Stated for the Rheinmetall group a year; the slide names no country.
- Quote checked against the document
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Sources
Every document behind the figures on this page.
B2 means a usually reliable source making a statement that is probably true.