Rheinmetall AG provided financial guidance for the third quarter of 2021. Based on initial preliminary figures, the company tentatively expects Group sales for the third quarter of 2021 to amount to ?1.258 billion. Despite the adverse market conditions, this is almost exactly the same as the previous year's figure, ?1.261 billion. Based once again on preliminary figures, the operating result for the third quarter of the 2021 financial year will be around ?106 million, about the same as last year's operating result of ?109 million.