Talk:Rheinmetall

Borsig ?
In the text what is "Rheinmetall-Borsig" and how does it related to the company, how was it controlled by Hermann Goerring.?Sf5xeplus (talk) 15:37, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Good question! As far as I am aware, Borsig (based in Berlin-Tegel) was still an independent company in the 1940s, making (mainly) locomotives, as it had done for years. Too tired tonight to do any research, but I think it became RM-Borsig only much later (1980s?). Maelli (talk) 21:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

"Conscripted labour"
From the paragraph: "During the Second World War, [..] Relying heavily on conscripted labour" Nice euphemism for the slave labor that took place.


 * Dude, the women working at factories in the US during WWII could also be called such, I doubt that anyone forced into a work camp did any work on military hardware.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.164.63.197 (talk) 09:19, 19 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I’ll change it to forced labor or slavery per this citation if it hasn’t been already. Actually that looks like a great source for expanding the WW2 slavery content. Dogshu (talk) 19:24, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

History
Why is there just a list of recent acquisition? isn't there some documentation of the company's long history, Nazi cooperation, etc? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NathanielJS (talk • contribs) 04:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * this appears to be a good source for expanding Rheinmetall’s involvement in WW2. Dogshu (talk) 19:32, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Reads like a PR piece
This article reads like it was written by someone in Rheinmetall's PR department, perhaps it should be flagged for neutrality concerns? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.207.147.203 (talk) 14:48, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes it’s been flagged for reading like an advertisement. Dogshu (talk) 19:26, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Sources for article expansion
I might have missed one or two, but here's what I found on the de-wiki article that isn't sourced directly to the company (news articles about controversies):.

The company was awarded the Black Planet award by Ethecon Foundation in 2017:. The first two links are from that foundation, the third is from NGO de:Ohne Rüstung Leben.

Reuters page, useful for picking up facts to make a basic blurb and checking for recent news (also featuring an extremely striking visual on who benefits from war):

A book on workers for the company during the war:. I don't know if this can be found online anywhere. -- asilvering (talk) 06:02, 1 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Passing mention at p41: and p424:
 * More in-depth p61:, p550: Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:46, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In addition; one might have some fortune looking directly at other results from the JSTOR queries, and . This is direct coverage of one of the company's vehicles, and is likely to contain some useful content about the company itself (I haven't scrolled past the first page);  might have something interesting about the wider picture; and  probably has some interesting stuff as well. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  23:33, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Without focusing on the company itself, and  might also probably contain interesting stuff about the periods before WW2 and more recent times, respectively. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  23:37, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * What about including sources on what armaments they've actually produced over the years? It's an old company, there must be a lot. Maybe mentioning their various joint ventures too? 2A02:C7F:2246:5600:E94C:DB3C:1937:F519 (talk) 12:32, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * If you can find sources which are not the company website, yeah. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 13:13, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

I've added a first sentence to start off, in case anyone is trapped by blank-page anxiety. The linked source has a whole chapter on Rheinmetall and Japan in the 30s (and 40s?), but I've no time to read the whole thing so I just dumped that one basic sentence in to hang the footnote on. -- asilvering (talk) 02:45, 2 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Rheinmetall's use of slave labor is well documented. Will probably work through NYTimes archives this weekend. NAZI VICTIMS WIN PAY WITH U.S. HELP; Arms Maker to Reimburse Jews Used as Slave Laber. Schierbecker (talk) 10:46, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Important parts of the history are missing
The history section literally skips straight from 1933 to 1999, conveniently skipping over anything having to do with World War II and the Nazis. Scrabcrab (talk) 16:29, 24 March 2024 (UTC)