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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has announced new arms supplies to Ukraine and plans for 2025. He made this information public during the 25th meeting in the Ramstein format.
Sweden has signed a contract with KNDS for the supply of 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks, which will be locally known as Stridsvagn 123. The country has also begun a large-scale modernisation of its armoured vehicle fleet.
The Polish military has decided not to purchase wheeled self-propelled artillery systems (SAU) after analysing the fighting in Ukraine. This was reported by ZBIAM with reference to a document of the Polish Ministry of National Defence.
The Czech Ministry of Defence is considering postponing the purchase of Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany. This decision is due to financial pressures caused by the reduction of the defence budget for 2025 and lower than expected government revenues.
The Slovenian government has officially announced the cancellation of a €350 million contract for the purchase of 45 Boxer 8x8 armoured personnel carriers through the Organisation for Co-operation in Defence and Security (OCCAR). In a statement released on Thursday, the acquisition was called "ill-advised".
The Polish company Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), a part of the state-owned defence holding PGZ Group, will increase production of 155 mm Krab self-propelled howitzers.
The Ministry of Defence of India has signed a contract for the production of another batch of K9 Vajra-T self-propelled howitzers. The guns will be manufactured at local facilities in cooperation with South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace.
In 2024, Ukraine became the largest recipient of German arms, receiving 62% of total exports, amounting to €8.13 billion.
Russia has lost more than 11,000 armoured vehicles since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, British intelligence reports.
German concern Rheinmetall has received an order to supply Ukraine with 20 more Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles, which will be delivered in the first half of 2025.
Lithuania has officially confirmed the purchase of 44 Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks from Germany, the largest defence contract in the country's history.
Taiwan has received the first batch of 38 US M1A2T Abrams tanks to replace its outdated equipment. In total, the contract provides for the supply of 108 tanks by 2027.
South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace plans to build a plant for the production of K9 Thunder self-propelled artillery systems in Romania.
Defense One reports that the US Army is facing excessive bureaucracy and overloaded headquarters, which reduces the effectiveness of the National Defence Strategy.
The British Army has conducted the first successful test of a high-energy laser weapon mounted on a Wolfhound armoured vehicle. During the tests at the Radnor training ground in mid-Wales, the laser system destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles by directing an intense infrared beam at them.
