War in Ukraine: immersion in the only French factory manufacturing 155 mm shells

A team from France Televisions was exceptionally able to film their manufacture in a cannonery, near Bourges.

In Ukraine, 5,000 155mm shells are fired every day. Artillery ammunition is lacking. The Ukrainians demand a million shells from their allies. How to provide so much ammunition? Nexter, the only French factory manufacturing 155 mm shells, opened its doors to France Televisions, on its site in La-Chapelle-Saint-Ursin (Cher). It manufactures on this site its ammunition at 4,000 euros each. Some stages are classified as “secret defense”. On average, 630 shells are manufactured each week, indicates the director of the factory, who explains that he has entered “a war economy”.