Rheinmetall

Berlin police detain Greta Thunberg during a pro Gaza sit in outside Rheinmetall headquarters.

At a Berlin security summit, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said Merkel once told the German defense industry: "We don't really need you. If there's a problem, we call the Americans."

Before Russia's 2022 invasion, he said, German arms makers were pushed into "the dirty corner" and unwanted at home. - Welt

Armed German police confronted pro-Palestinian activists blocking a Rheinmetall arms facility in Berlin.

Armin Papperger, Rheinmetall CEO: “These are Ukrainian housewives. They have 3D printers in their kitchens, and they produce parts for drones. This is not innovation.”

Zelensky: “If every housewife in Ukraine can really produce drones, then every housewife in Ukraine can be the CEO of Rheinmetall.”