Germany has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine. This package includes, among other items, strike drones, howitzers, ammunition for LEOPARD 1 tanks, and 122 mm and 155 mm shells.
This was reported by the press service of the German Ministry of Defense.
The new aid package from Germany includes:
- 18 wheeled self-propelled howitzers RCH 155;
- 5 Marder infantry fighting vehicles;
- 9 AиТО30 FDC (wheeled infantry combat vehicle RCT-30 with a mobile fire control center);
- 20 MRAP armored vehicles with mine protection; ammunition for the main battle tank LEOPARD 1;
- 14,000 155 mm shells;
- 19,000 122 mm cartridges;
- 11,000 120 mm mortar shells;
- 495 HK 416 assault rifles;
- 600 HF-1 strike drones;
- 50 VECTOR drones with spare parts;
- 46 RQ-35 HEIDRUN reconnaissance drones;
- 43 SONGBIRD reconnaissance drones;
- 277 MRAP vehicles with mine protection.
Additionally, the package includes blankets, tourniquets, binoculars, and occlusive dressings.
Recall that at the Ramstein meeting, the head of the German Ministry of Defense, Boris Pistorius, promised to provide Ukraine with missiles for IRIS-T systems. Ukraine will receive 60 missiles.
On January 13, the German government delivered the first RCH 155 self-propelled howitzer to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Germany has ordered 54 more new wheeled RCH 155 howitzers for the Ukrainian army.
At the end of December, Germany provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a military aid package, which included, among other things, Leopard 1A5 tanks.
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