M113 armored personnel carriers, trucks and armored vehicles: Lithuania will give Ukraine a new package of military assistance

By: Myroslav Trinko | 26.05.2022, 11:49

Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anušauskas announced new military aid to Ukraine.

What is known

The new package will include 20 M113 tracked armored personnel carriers. That is, they can be equipped with a mechanized company. In addition, we will receive 10 trucks from Lithuania, as well as 10 armored vehicles. They will be used by sappers for demining the territory of Ukraine. Equipment delivery time Anusauskas does not name, but we can assume that she will reach us in June.

If you suddenly did not know

The M113 is a tracked armored personnel carrier that is in service with the mechanized troops of the US Army and other armies of the world. It was developed in 1957-1959 British company BAE Systems. In total, there are about 80,000 of these armored personnel carriers in the world.

Source: @a_anusauskas

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