Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger wasn’t boasting when he said, “Cowardice is not an option in this business.” He wasn’t celebrating personal bravery either. He was simply acknowledging a reality: he no longer has the luxury of being afraid. Papperger has lived under police protection for years due to suspected Russian assassination plots. Armed security accompanies him everywhere—even inside Rheinmetall’s headquarters in Düsseldorf—under a protection protocol comparable to that of the German Chancellor. Not because he is a criminal, but because he manufactures weapons in a world where retaliation has become a currency. Rheinmetall supplies large quantities of arms to Ukraine and is building factories there. The company’s CEO now lives as if he were in a permanent war zone, even […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![Seven activists from the pro-Palestinian group “Peacefully Against Genocide” stage a sit-in at the entrance of the Rheinmetall premises in the Wedding district, gluing their hands to the ground as they protest the company over allegations of supplying weapons to Israel, in Berlin, Germany on April 10, 2026. [Halil Sağırkaya - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AA-20260410-41068380-41068358-RHEINMETALL_PROTESTED_IN_BERLIN_OVER_ARMS_SUPPLIES_TO_ISRAEL-1-1.jpg)
