France orders 40mm ammunition rounds for Navy and Army

The French Protection Purchase Company (DGA) has actually granted KNDS France an agreement for the supply of 40mm telescoped ammo; Beginning in 2026, these rounds will certainly furnish JAGUAR reconnaissance armored automobiles and RAPIDFire turrets in all their variations.

KNDS France news release

Yearly Shipments Beginning in 2026

Currently in solution within the French Military, the 40mm telescoped ammo gets to a brand-new landmark with this significant
purchase. The French Purchase Company order of 25,000 rounds will certainly permit customers to better incorporate and understand this advancement innovation. The very first yearly distributions will certainly consist of 18,000 training rounds, boosting to approximately 30,000 in the complying with years. A first set of 8,000 fight rounds finishes this order.

This agreement develops twin sourcing for crucial parts to enhance joint manufacturing ability in between KNDS France and BAE
Solutions in the UK. This twin sourcing is implemented by the credentials of brand-new French vendors (significantly in Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Pyrénées, Cher, and Manche), allowing a considerable rise in manufacturing ability.

The 40mm telescoped innovation is currently functional and released on both land and marine systems, such as:

• The JAGUAR reconnaissance and fight armored car, gotten by the French and Belgian militaries;
• The RAPIDFire turret in solution on the Jacques Chevallier replenishment vessel (BRF), and quickly to be incorporated onto various other ships of the French Navy;
• The land-based variation of RAPIDFire, showcased for the very first time this year at the Paris Air Program.

The agreement consists of the serial manufacturing of the PPM-CHR (Multi-Purpose Timed Perforating Projectile) planned for the RAPIDFire turret.

– End-

Naval Information remark:

Naval Information reported throughout IDEX 2025 concerning the next steps for the RapidFire program. For the document, this 40mm weapon has actually been picked by the French MoD to furnish Jacques Chevallier-class replenishment vessels (2 weapons per ship) and future OPV likewise called ‘Patrouilleur Hauturier’. The main choice pertaining to the installation of this weapon aboard future mine countermeasure vessels has actually not been launched yet.

At the Paris Air Program, KNDS France revealed that a land-based variation is presently being established in sychronisation with the French Air and Room Pressure, which is looking for remedies to secure airbases both in landmass France and on abroad implementations, particularly to safeguard high-value possessions.

Thales and KNDS France are establishing RAPIDFire Land in 2 arrangements:

• Semi-mobile: A 20-foot system released on the ground for website protection, quickly portable and swiftly deployable
• Mobile: The very same 20-foot component placed on a car to secure high-value possessions in cinema.

Regarding the RAPIDFire

The RAPIDFire, the very first from another location run 40mm turret incorporating the CT40 weapon and expert system, supplies the systems it furnishes with close-range self-defense capacities versus contemporary air and surface area dangers.

It includes sophisticated electro-optics made by Thales and the most up to date 40mm cased telescoped ammo innovation established by CTAI, a subsidiary of KNDS France.

This service provides unparalleled firepower, with approximately 140 ready-to-fire rounds– permitting virtually 30 interceptions per system without refilling. The turret is made to respond to a variety of dangers, consisting of ships, light airplane, drones, loitering artilleries, and rockets, approximately a variety of 4 kilometres. Its 40mm weapon works with all cased telescoped ammo, consisting of the A3B “airburst” round, which is specifically reliable in anti-aircraft war and which development has recently been finalized by the French defense procurement agency (DGA).

The article France orders 40mm ammunition rounds for Navy and Army showed up initially on Naval News.