Ignition pressed powder rods for munitions are inserted by a worker in an Artillery Modular Charge System in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of a new powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)

Ignition pressed powder rods for munitions are inserted by a worker in an Artillery Modular Charge System in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of a new powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)

Ignition pressed powder rods for munitions are seen inside an Artillery Modular Charge System in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of a new powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)

Ignition pressed powder rods for munitions are weighted by a worker before insertion in an Artillery Modular Charge System in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of a new powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)

Ignition powder for munitions is shown by a worker as an Artillery Modular Charge System is seen in the background in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of a new powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)

A 155 mm Artillery Modular Charge System with ignition powder for munitions is seen in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of Europe's largest powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)

A 155 mm Artillery Modular Charge System with ignition powder for munitions is seen in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of Europe's largest powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker points to a 155 mm Artillery Modular Charge ProP in the production line of the Nitrochemie technology company, part of the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in Aschau am Inn, southern Germany, on July 22, 2026, during a visit prior to the opening and laying ceremony of the foundation stone for Europe's largest powder plant. (Photo by Alexandra BEIER / AFP via Getty Images)