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The German state is set to initially own 40% of the company with plans to reduce its stake to 30% within two to three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/05\/21\/german-state-to-secure-40-stake-in-knds-weapons-firm-sources-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Copy of News \u2013 Europe \u2013 euronews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The KNDS weapons group is a merger between France\u2019s Nexter and Germany\u2019s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann weapons firms. The German state is set to initially own 40% of the company with plans to reduce its stake to 30% within two to 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