英国周四恢复了国内大口径武器的生产，这是20年来的首次。莱茵金属英国公司在其特尔福德火炮车间开始制造，并加强了该国的国防工业基础。
The UK resumed domestic production of large-caliber weapons on Thursday for the first time in two decades, with Rheinmetall UK beginning manufacturing at its Telford gun hall and strengthening the country’s defense industrial base.
该设施由国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷、总参谋长罗利·沃克爵士上将和莱茵金属集团首席执行官阿明·帕佩格共同揭幕，生产坦克炮管以及120毫米和155毫米武器系统的炮闩，包括RCH 155和未来的火炮平台。
The facility, opened by Defense Secretary Wes Streeting, Chief of the General Staff Gen. Sir Roly Walker, and Rheinmetall AG CEO Armin Papperger, manufactures gun barrels for tanks and breeches for 120mm and 155mm weapon systems, including the RCH 155 and future artillery platforms.
该火炮车间支持100个高技能工作岗位，随着产量增加，员工人数预计将扩大。该项目还寻求通过与英国中小企业建立长期合作伙伴关系来加强国内供应链。
The gun hall supports 100 highly skilled jobs, with the workforce expected to expand as production increases. The project also seeks to strengthen domestic supply chains through long-term partnerships with British small and medium-sized enterprises.
“英国重新开始制造我们的武装部队抵御敌人所需的武器，”斯特里廷在一份声明中说。“从一片空地到全面生产仅用八个月，这是快速再工业化的实际行动。”莱茵金属英国公司于2025年秋季接管该设施，并在八个月内使其全面投产，为英国武装部队恢复了一项主权制造能力。斯特里廷表示，该项目表明国防投资可以推动经济增长。
“Britain is back in the business of making the weapons that our Armed Forces need to defend the nation against our adversaries,” Streeting said in a statement. “From an empty site to full production in eight months, this is rapid reindustrialisation in action.”Rheinmetall UK took over the facility in Autumn 2025 and brought it into full production within eight months, restoring a sovereign manufacturing capability for the British Armed Forces. Streeting said the project demonstrated how defense investment could drive economic growth.
“世界级制造业中的一百个高技能工作岗位，以及大口径武器生产二十年来首次重返英国本土——这就是国防作为增长引擎的样子，”他说。
“One hundred skilled jobs in world-class manufacturing and the return of large-calibre weapon production to UK soil for the first time in twenty years – this is what defense as an engine for growth looks like,” he said.
预计这一进展将支持英国国内国防制造能力的长期扩张和区域经济增长。
The development is expected to support the long-term expansion of Britain’s domestic defense manufacturing capabilities and regional economic growth.