Finland has quietly filled its wartime stockpiles and is activating some of the so-called “production reservation agreements” which means that companies produce at the armed forces’ request what is needed for logistics - basically wartime economy light
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The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) received extra money right in the spring of 2022 and started working on increasing stockpiles immediately, “luckily before many other European states woke up to the issue”, says the logistics chief - which means that the orders have been coming in
The analysis what is needed is based both on long-term assessments and the analysis of Ukraine’s ammunition consumption. Finland is already producing 5 times more heavy artillery munitions than pre-2022 but the capacity isn’t at max yet
It’s not only about ammo though, but everything that is needed to sustain long-time war fighting operations. Luckily thanks to its security of supply “philosophy”, Finland had stockpiles of raw materials and production lines ready to be taken into use if needed
Apart from domestic arms industry, like Patria, the “production reservation agreements” include a number of civilian companies as well. Sometimes the FDF have supplied the companies with the necessary production equipment that is now to be test-activated.
Beyond the domestic arrangements, Finland is working on at least doubling its ammunition production capacity, which can make it one of the largest producers in Europe. The aim is twofold: to secure own stockpiles and to maintain capacity to support Ukraine for years to come
@jhafsegerstad So as I understand it, it’s a bit of both: because of the försörjningsberedskap ”philosophy” as I called it, the basics are in place - some production capacity that the FDF has paid for and also supplies. Capacity will be now increased according to the pre-existing contracts
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