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The TNT Chokepoint: Europe’s Dependence on a Narrow Explosives Base for Artillery Ammunition Production

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The TNT Chokepoint explains how European defence funding, eligibility rules and industrial policy affect capability development and market access.

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Platform publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-06-13

Europe’s effort to rebuild artillery ammunition output has exposed a structural vulnerability in the least substitutable part of the supply chain: the production of high explosives used to fill shells and warheads. The analysis treats the explosive-fill chain as distinct from the propellant chain and reconstructs the industrial architecture of the bottleneck rather than discussing ammunition production in generic terms.

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The TNT Chokepoint: Europe’s Dependence on a Narrow Explosives Base for Artillery Ammunition Production

Type DFM Analysis report
Published 2026-06-13 (Platform publication)
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Europe’s effort to rebuild artillery ammunition output has exposed a structural vulnerability in the least substitutable part of the supply chain: the production of high explosives used to fill shells and warheads.

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