KYIV. UkraineGate .12 . November . 2022 | Society .
Anti-aircraft missile and anti-aircraft artillery complexes, armored vehicles, anti-radar missiles, RPGs, grenade launchers, etc. – all this Ukraine receives from Western partners. The Ministry of Defense is already placing orders for the manufacture of weapons specifically for Ukraine.
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The report provides a list of samples of weapons and military equipment transferred to Ukraine recently as material and technical assistance and purchased for budget funds:
• Anti-aircraft missile and anti-aircraft artillery complexes IRIS-T, NASAMS, Stormer HVM, Dual Mount Stinger, Gepard;
• Several dozen three types of MLRS systems;
• Hundreds of artillery systems of 155-mm caliber (including AHS Krab, Caesar, Zuzana) and 105-mm;
• More than 1.3 million artillery ammunition of various types;
• Hundreds of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles (in particular, VAB, FV103 Spartan, FV104 Samaritan (medical), FV106 Samson (repair and evacuation), Patria SISU XA-185);
• Hundreds of armored vehicles (Bushmaster, Iveco M40, Pinzgauer (sanitary), Mastiff, Husky, Wolfhound, Iveco Lince, Ford Senator, MaxxPro MPV MRAP, Dingo, etc.);
• Hundreds of HMMWV armored vehicles of various modifications;
• HARM anti-radar missiles;
• Harpoon anti-ship systems;
• Dauntless Sear Ark patrol boats of various types;
• Hundreds of mortars;
• Thousands of anti-tank missile systems (Javelin, NLAW, Milan, BGM-71 TOW, RBS 56 BILL, etc.)• Thousands of RPGs and grenade launchers (including Matador, Carl Gustaf, Panzerfaust 3, M80 Zolia, LGL, Bulspike, etc.)
• More than a thousand portable anti-aircraft missile systems (Stinger, Piorun, GROM, Mistral, LMM Martlet,
Starstreak);
• Dozens of air defense radars and conrbated radars of various types;
• 5 types of strike and more than 20 types of reconnaissance UAVs (Bayraktar TB2, Phenix Ghost, FlyEye, RQ-20 Puma, Black Hornet, etc.);
• Switchblade-300 barrage ammunition;
• Dozens of UAV countermeasures and hundreds of anti-drone guns;
• Biber bridge tanks, pontoons, dozens of units of engineered equipment;
• Bergenpanzer armored repair and evacuation vehicles;
• Demining equipment;
• Means of tactical communication;
• Thousands of units of different types of small arms and much more.
It is indicated that at the moment, in order to strengthen the air defense/missile defense systems, fundamental agreements have been reached on the Aspide air defense system (Spain), the Crotal air defense system (France) and the Hawk-23 air defense system (the first systems will be provided by Spain with the consent of the United States, crew training is being completed). Negotiations on the SAMP-T air defense system (France) are also underway.
The Ministry of Defense is also worried about the repair of Western weapons, which should partially take place in Ukraine.
“Due to the increase in the number of Western-made weapons and military equipment of various types, as well as in order to provide support for the medium and long term, a dialogue is underway to deploy a three-level system for repair and maintenance of weapons and military equipment so that current and medium repairs are carried out in Ukraine,” the report says.
Work is also underway for the production of weapons and military equipment in the interests of Ukraine until 2024 and beyond. In particular, the United States has allocated a support package worth $ 1.1 billion. The United States, which provides for the production of 18 units of M142 Himars, GMLRS missiles of a series of radars and systems for countering UAVs, military trucks, military tractors, etc. Also, within the framework of the initiative of Denmark, Norway and Germany, it is planned to produce for Ukraine 16 units of Slovak self-propelled guns Zuzana-2. The creation of a similar project is being discussed with Canada. In Poland, funding for the production of 3 AHS Krab self-propelled guns was ordered and started. Negotiations are underway on the manufacture of military equipment with other countries.
Source: Ukrgate
