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This summer we wrote that Israel was in talks with two European countries about the sale of decommissioned Merkava Mk.3 tanks. It seems that the sale of combat vehicles will not take place.
A photo of an APC was published by the official account of the Israel Defence Forces. The first armoured personnel carriers entered service in the spring of this year. The IDF uses Eitan APCs together with tank units in urban battles in the Gaza Strip.
A video of the system's operation was published by the command of the 61st Separate Mechanised Steppe Brigade. It is not known how many such installations Ukraine has received.
The information was shared by Oshkosh Defence, a company that manufactures the machines. The contract is worth $208m.
This was reported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelensky did not say exactly how many systems have been put into service, but it can be assumed that this refers to two launchers worth $9,800,000, which Lithuania had earlier promised to transfer to Ukraine. By the way, Ukraine has more than two batteries of NASAMS air defence systems.
The contract for the purchase of the systems was signed in 2020. The Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, together with the US company Raytheon, is supplying the SAMs.
The other day, Archer SAU appeared in Ukraine's armoury. Sweden has now officially confirmed that it has transferred the units to the Ukrainian armed forces.
The information was shared by the manufacturer Thales. We are talking about five stations. Thanks to Ground Master 200, the Danish army plans to strengthen its air defence. The amount of the contract and the delivery date of the radars have not been disclosed yet.
Another video of the Ukrainian armed forces using American ATACMS ballistic missiles has appeared on the Internet.
Back in spring, it became known that Ukrainian artillerymen had undergone a training programme on the use of the Archer SAU. Now the machine has been seen in the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces for the first time.
The information was shared by Reuters, citing US officials. According to the report, the USA plans to buy laser-guided ammunition for the AFU for $300m to fight against drones. This part of the weaponry will be transferred to Ukraine under the USAI programme.
Ukraine has received a new arms package from Germany, which includes UAVs, armoured personnel carriers, and TRML-4D radars.
We recently wrote that the US and Ukraine have created the FrankenSAM air defence system based on the Buk SAM system, which can launch RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles. As it turned out, there is another version of the surface-to-air missile system.
Germany, following Denmark and the United States, has announced a new arms package for Ukraine.
The United States of America, following Denmark, has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine.
