06.11.2022, 20:41
Zitat:Ukraine To Get 90 T-72B Tanks From Czech Republichttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/uk...h-republic
he U.S. and Netherlands will split the $90 million cost to refurbish the Czech tanks as part of a $400 million aid package announced Friday. [...] An undisclosed number of these tanks, which will be equipped with upgraded optics, communications, and armor packages, are scheduled to arrive in Ukraine by next month, with the rest next year, Singh said, without providing details about exactly what systems the refurbished tanks will have when turned over to Ukraine. [...]
In addition to paying to refurbish the tanks, the package also includes 1,100 additional Phoenix Ghost loitering munitions, 40 armored riverine boats, funding to refurbish 250 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles (ASV) and an undisclosed number of missiles for the medium-range Homing All the Way Killer (HAWK) air defense systems provided to Ukraine by Spain.
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Zitat:Ukraine receives first Armtrac 400 mine clearing vehicle from UK [...]https://www.armyrecognition.com/ukraine_...om_uk.html
The Armtrac 400 mine-clearing vehicle is developed and manufactured by Armtrac, based near Cambridge, UK. Robin Swanson, of Armtrac, told Business Insider that Ukraine first expressed an interest in this vehicle in April. It was sent out to Poland in September and was moved to Ukraine earlier this October month. The managing director, Stephen Brown, went to Ukraine to train about seven sapper operators.
The Armtrac 400 is the largest and most powerful of the Armtrac range. With its hydraulically driven 3-meter Tiller rotor, it is capable of clearing 2,400 square meters per hour (depending on terrain & operator experience). With an effective tilling depth of 55cm, the Armtrac 400 is designed to destroy & withstand 10kg Anti-Tank mines.
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