17-06-2024, 06:36 AM
Despite many of these items being listed without specification of the quantity provided, the Pentagon also released the regular update on the totality of all weapons Ukraine is about to receive or has already seen delivered. Ukraine Fact Sheet. A comparison of this document to the previous one issued May 24 reveals a bit more details.
In particular, behind vague words on M113 armored personnel carriers, as many as 200 vehicles are actually hidden; now total number of M113 committed by U.S. has increased to 600.
This's significant armored reinforcement to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), considering that Ukraine's soldiers had shared very favorable reviews about this versatile vehicle. These 200 units will be enough to equip six mechanized battalions of UAF Land Forces.
As for the 155mm howitzers, it is obviously about M777. Previously, exactly 198 units were mentioned as transferred, but now the number has been changed to the vague "more than 200." As for mortars package could include over 30 units because now it also says "more than 200" mortar systems in various calibers were committed, instead of the 169 units mentioned earlier with a breakdown by type.
In particular, behind vague words on M113 armored personnel carriers, as many as 200 vehicles are actually hidden; now total number of M113 committed by U.S. has increased to 600.
This's significant armored reinforcement to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), considering that Ukraine's soldiers had shared very favorable reviews about this versatile vehicle. These 200 units will be enough to equip six mechanized battalions of UAF Land Forces.
As for the 155mm howitzers, it is obviously about M777. Previously, exactly 198 units were mentioned as transferred, but now the number has been changed to the vague "more than 200." As for mortars package could include over 30 units because now it also says "more than 200" mortar systems in various calibers were committed, instead of the 169 units mentioned earlier with a breakdown by type.