Ukraine Defence Forum

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Ukraine received English FV432 Bulldog armored personnel carriers. The FV432 armored car was produced from 1962 to 1971, about 3000 armored personnel carriers were produced in total, the car is an improved version of the British FV420 armored car. The car was in service until 1980, and then they began to be replaced with new versions of the BMP. The main purpose of the FV420 armored vehicle is the delivery of soldiers to the place of hostilities, therefore the armament of the armored vehicle is only a machine gun with a caliber of 7.62 mm. The machines were upgraded in 2006 to the Mk3 version, which versions Ukraine will receive is unknown. The upgraded version of the vehicle is equipped with armor up to 15 mm thick in the frontal part and protects the crew from a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun from all sides. The machine is equipped with anti-mine and dynamic protection, but provides protection only from older versions of ATGMs and RPGs. The upgraded version of the machine can be equipped with several types of anti-tank systems. Armored vehicle weighing 15 tons, with a 240 hp engine, speeds up to 52 km / h, with a cruising range of up to 580 km. The crew of the car is 2 people and 10 landing people.

 

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Ukraine will receive the SurveilSPIRE intelligence system, the system is supplied by Rheinmetall in cooperation with the Estonian company DefSecIntel on behalf of the German government. The SurveilSPIRE reconnaissance system is used to monitor large areas, it includes special towers equipped with day and night cameras. The system also has reconnaissance drones for patrolling the territory. The installation itself is built on a platform for a car trailer and is powered autonomously from solar panels, it is worth noting that solar panels are an element that unmasks the system. The SurveilSPIRE security system transmits information to the operator via the Starlink cellular and satellite communication channel. The system includes ultra-fast mini-drones that can carry out unmanned reconnaissance in various conditions. 3 people can install and maintain the system. The cost of the complex is not reported, but it is more than 10 million euros.

 

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Training of Ukrainian crews of armored vehicles M2 Bradley USA. Footage of the training of Ukrainian soldiers in Germany by American instructors has been published, the military personnel use the M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, which will be transferred to the Ukrainian army.

 

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The Ukrainian army began to actively use Panthera T6 armored vehicles, a column with it was seen by eyewitnesses, it also became known that one vehicle fell into the hands of the Russian army in the north of Bakhmut. The Panthera T6 light armored personnel carrier was developed by Minerva Special Purpose Vehicles, located in the UAE. Armored vehicles came to Ukraine in December, with ready-made pixel camouflage, the customer of the vehicles is unknown. The Panthera T-6 armored personnel carrier has a modular design and is built on different chassis, including the chassis of a Toyota 79 series car. The armored covering of the car provides passengers with protection from bullets and is able to withstand the detonation of two hand grenades or mines under the floor. The interior of the vehicle is equipped with dual air conditioning, it can be modified to accommodate various combat equipment and four stretchers. In the basic version, the armored vehicle does not have weapons, but you can install a machine gun or a light combat module. The car is equipped with surveillance and monitoring systems and can accommodate 8 people. The gross vehicle weight is 3200 kg, the maximum speed is about 165 km/h.

 

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The Ukrainian army began to use a rare Dozor-B armored car, one of the armored vehicles was seen at the front. The Dozor-B armored personnel carrier was developed by the Kharkov Design Bureau and first introduced in 2004, after which it was repeatedly upgraded. The machine is produced under license in Poland under the name "Oncilla". The armored vehicle is designed for special forces, patrol and reconnaissance operations. The development of the car was not easy, the Ukrainian armor of the brand "71" was replaced by the Polish one due to difficulties in production, after which cracks were found in the car. The vehicle's armor protects against armor-piercing small arms bullets and is reinforced from the inside with layers of Kevlar ballistic fabric. The bottom of the machine has a cylindrical shape to provide protection against mines. The armored vehicle is equipped with air conditioning and filters with protection against radioactive dust and biological weapons. Various remote-controlled combat modules can be installed on the armored vehicle. Their armament may consist of a 12.7 mm machine gun, a 30 mm grenade launcher and a 130 mm Barrier anti-tank missile system. The car can have 5 different engines and has a speed of up to 90 km/h. The crew of the car is 3 people and 8 landing people. The price of the Dozor-B car, in 2014 prices, is about 80 thousand dollars

 

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Footage of the training of Ukrainian soldiers on French AMX-10RC heavy armored vehicles has been published, a video about these armored vehicles is available on the channel. Earlier it was reported that the AMX-10R wheeled tanks can be used not only in reconnaissance but also in frontal attacks of the army, which is quite a risky occupation due to their thin armor of these vehicles. Reportedly, the first French AMX-10 armored vehicles have already appeared in Ukraine.

 

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Footage of the preparation and launch of a self-made kamikaze drone of Ukrainian servicemen. The drone is equipped with ammunition from the RPG-7 grenade launcher, the technical parameters of the Ukrainian drone are not reported.

 

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Slovakia handed over the first batch of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. Poland promises to transfer another 20 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. Thus, the Ukrainian Air Force will be armed with 33 MiG-29 fighters after the Polish deliveries. Meanwhile, the command of the Ukrainian Air Force is not very happy with the supply of Soviet-made aircraft. Despite the supply of aircraft, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, a representative of the Ukrainian Air Force, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they would like to receive more modern aircraft. Which planes are not reported, bat Ukraine was negotiating the supply of French Mirage 2000 aircraft and American F-16s.

 

[Beny Karachun]

Slovakia handed over the first batch of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. Poland promises to transfer another 20 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. Thus, the Ukrainian Air Force will be armed with 33 MiG-29 fighters after the Polish deliveries. Meanwhile, the command of the Ukrainian Air Force is not very happy with the supply of Soviet-made aircraft. Despite the supply of aircraft, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, a representative of the Ukrainian Air Force, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they would like to receive more modern aircraft. Which planes are not reported, bat Ukraine was negotiating the supply of French Mirage 2000 aircraft and American F-16s.

IIRC, The Polish MiG-29s got upgraded by IAI, so that's going to be interesting.

 

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Training of Ukrainian crews of German Leopard 2 tanks.

Ukrainian servicemen showed footage of training their crews on Leopard 2A4 tanks. The video was filmed at the Spanish NATO training ground in San Gregorio near Zaragoza. Let me remind you that several countries promised to transfer Leopard 2 tanks of modifications 2A4, 2A5 and 2A6 to the Ukrainian army.

Tests of a self-made ground-based kamikaze drone of Ukraine. Ukrainian craftsmen showed a homemade robotic platform that performs the function of a ground-based kamikaze drone. There are no technical details of the project, as can be seen from the video, the drone is armed with a warhead consisting of a TM-62 anti-tank mine. Apparently, the vehicle will stealthily approach armored vehicles and undermine the warhead under the bottom of the vehicles. The drone has all-wheel drive to improve terrain patency.
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First-generation Swiss armored vehicles MOWAG Eagle I appeared in Ukraine, the vehicle is now produced in the Eagle V version. It is not clear how the vehicles appeared in Ukraine, the Swiss authorities have already launched an investigation, since Switzerland had previously banned the re-export of its military equipment to Ukraine. The Eagle I armored escort and reconnaissance vehicle was developed in 1995 on the basis of the American Humvee armored car, after which it was repeatedly upgraded. The armored vehicle has multi-layer armor made of Kevlar, ceramics and aluminum, which protects the crew from small arms. A turret with a 7.62 mm machine gun and a thermal imaging and day sight can be mounted on the roof. The machine is equipped with a 160 hp diesel engine. and is capable of speeds of 100 km / h, the crew of the car is 5 people. The machine is used by Denmark and Switzerland, 27 machines were bought by a private person and are in Germany.

 

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The Ukrainian army began to use the American Metal Shark 40 Defiant patrol boats, one of them was seen on the Dnieper. Metal Shark, a manufacturer, has announced that it is building 17 more small patrol boats of three different types for the Ukrainian Navy as part of US military assistance programs. The boat is 13 meters long, made of aluminum and protects the crew from bullets. For the United States, the Defiant 40 PB boat is equipped with guided weapon stations. Also on board can be installed machine guns M2 Browning, M240 caliber 7.56 mm, automatic grenade launcher Mk.19 caliber 40mm. What equipment came to Ukraine is unknown. The boat is equipped with two Cummins QSB diesel engines and speeds up to 74 kilometers per hour.

 

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The Ukrainian army began to use the German Marder 1 infantry fighting vehicles, videos with them have already begun to appear. BMP "Marder" was developed from 1966 to 1969 by Rheinmetall and adopted by Germany in 1971. The BMP was created in response to the appearance of the Soviet BMP-1, currently Germany is replacing the Marder BMP with the Puma BMP. BMP "Marder" was used in the fighting in Afghanistan, where they showed themselves as reliable vehicles with good protection. The car was repeatedly upgraded and by 1989 the Marder 1A3 armored vehicle began to weigh 33 tons, and Ukraine received this version. The body of the vehicle is welded from steel sheets, after the modernization, the frontal armor of the vehicle should provide protection against 30-mm projectiles from Russian BMP-2 automatic cannons. The standard 20 mm RH 202 gun and a coaxial 7.62 mm MG3 machine gun are used as weapons. To combat armored targets, it is possible to use MILAN anti-tank guided missiles with a range of up to 3000 meters. The Marder armored vehicle is equipped with air conditioning, fire fighting equipment and road maintenance. BMP engine power 600 hp The maximum speed on the highway is 65 km / h. The crew of the car is 3 people and 7 landing people.

 

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The use of the US M32 MGL grenade launcher by the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian army began to use the 40 mm M32 Milkor MGL grenade launcher. The light six-shot revolving grenade launcher Milkor MGL was developed in South Africa in 1983 on the basis of the American single-shot M79 grenade launchers, after which it was modernized many times. The grenade launcher has been produced by the American division of Milkor USA since 2005 under the name Milkor M32 MGL, at one time the grenade launcher was even on sale for 15 thousand dollars. The M32 grenade launcher is equipped with a regular collimator sight mounted on an adjustable base and having a scale for entering corrections for firing range. The Milkor MGL-140 grenade launcher quickly gained worldwide popularity and is used by more than thirty countries around the world. The effective range of the grenade launcher for point targets is 150 meters, for area targets 400 meters, the rate of fire is 18 rounds per minute, and the weight is 6 kilograms.

 

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Ukraine ordered 100 Rosomak armored personnel carriers from Poland, the Prime Minister of Poland told reporters. Poland will receive payment for armored vehicles from the funds of the European Union and the United States allocated to help Ukraine. The Rosomak infantry fighting vehicle is a Polish licensed version of the Finnish Patria AMV armored vehicle developed in 2001. In 2003, Poland ordered 690 vehicles for itself, later another 307, and in 2017 Poland began to produce a licensed version of the Rosomak BMP. BMPs were also ordered by other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, but with a turret from the Russian BMP-3. The Rosomak BMP was used in Afghanistan, there is a known case when the frontal armor of the vehicle withstood the impact of an RPG-7 grenade launcher, the vehicles were then additionally armored. The BMP has different weapons, usually the Rosomak BMP is equipped with a 30 mm automatic cannon and a 7.62 mm machine gun. There is also an option with a Spike anti-tank missile system or a 40 mm Mk.19 grenade launcher and a 12.7 mm machine gun. Some versions of the BMP had all-round cameras and a system that determines the direction of fire. An infantry fighting vehicle weighing 22 tons, without additional armor, is equipped with an 480 hp engine. and develops speeds up to 100 km/h on the highway and up to 10 km/h on the water. Power reserve up to 800 kilometers. The crew of the car is 3 people and 8 landing people.