Germany has announced that it will deliver a further seven Gepards, tracked vehicles armed with twin cannons that have proven highly effective in countering drones and missiles. They will be added to the 30 already sent, but it will take some time before they are available
Level weapons, warehouse residue, mothballed vehicles, modern gadgets and other old ones being sold for new ones, more or less secret triangulations. Through these channels, the West is helping Ukraine in the fight against the invader.
Germany has just announced that it will deliver a further seven Gepards, tracked vehicles with twin cannons that have proven very effective in countering drones and missiles. They will be added to the 30 already sent. It will take some time before they are available. The technicians have to make them fully operational and will not be in the hands of the soldiers until the spring.
The United States, which embarked on a massive aid program, first fished its deposits, now, like others, it must take care of stocks and national security as it requires the industry to do. It will take weeks again. The latest case concerns the Nasams anti-aircraft batteries, which must be built while the Pentagon has just signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to speed up production of the Himars missile launcher, which is crucial for long-distance dueling to meet domestic needs and high external demand. Over the past few months, Washington has sent tens of thousands of pieces, an impressive chain: in addition to the Himars, it has sent the M777 guns, Javelin anti-tank, Stinger anti-aircraft defenses, over a million rounds with 155 ammunition, heavy artillery, troop transport, off-road . But there have also been tools that have recently been developed or are being tested: here are the drone kamikaze Switchblade and the Phoenix Ghost in their baptism of fire.
The list of suppliers is long, Zelenskyi’s army has achieved a lot, but the military has not always been satisfied with what they have received. It couldn’t be otherwise. At first everything went quickly and months passed before the coalition was able to improve the coordination now managed by the headquarters in Germany. Berlin has always followed the circular path: it gave armored vehicles to Slovakia and Greece – to name just a few examples – and these countries donated their armored vehicles – now retired – to Ukraine.
There was also talk of Spain selling some Leopard tanks, but the idea faded – it seems – due to the tanks’ sub-optimal conditions. At the same time, the war cuts everything, wears out the equipment and with it everything useful, in fact both sides use the very old T64 (sometimes with updated equipment) or use civilian drones to launch shells.
December 3, 2022 (change December 3, 2022 | 18:21)
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