In 2018, a huge controversy erupted when news broke that ISIS was using ammunition made by the Swiss arms manufacturer RUAG. The ammunition had originally been sold to United Arab Emirates.₁RUAG is one of the suppliers of vital parts for the battle tank Leopard 2 produced by the German company Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann. RUAG delivers weapons systems and electrical turret drive for the tank,₂ which has been exported e.g. to Qatar, where it was put into direct action in the Yemen war.₃
 
RUAG is a technology company specialized in the fields of aerospace and defense, and owned by the Swiss Confederation.₄ A year after its foundation in 1998, it acquired the four existing federal armaments companies.₅ These, together with the rest of the defense sector, now comprise approximately 33 percent of RUAG’s business.₆ The company has production sites in several countries, including Germany, where it numbers among the leading manufacturers of ammunition.₇ Besides ammunition, RUAG produces e.g. communication and radar systems for combat vehicles.₈
 
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