Denmark to re-start ammunition production at repurchased arms plant

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from the Schleswig Infantry Regiment on drill at the Oksboel Shooting and Training Ground, Jutland, Denmark, March 16, 2023. The regiment is one of four combat troop regiments under the Danish Army Command. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS/File Photo

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's defence ministry aims to restart ammunition production after a 55-year gap to ensure its domestic supplies as the war in Ukraine creates increased demand for military hardware across Europe.

The ministry said in a statement on Saturday it had entered into an agreement to buy a mothballed arms factory in the northwest of the country, which was used as Denmark's only ammo supplier from its establishment in 1676 until 1968.