KIEV, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian army on Tuesday carried out the first test of Javelin advanced anti-tank missiles, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The test was performed on the army's military facility in the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the s...
Last month, the U.S. State Department announced the supplies of advanced weapons to Ukraine to update the latter's defense capabilities. The arsenal sale was reportedly to include Javelin anti-tank missiles, which Kiev had long desired. Washington's move angered Russia, which said it would lead...
Ukraine (2005) Heavy Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier – 1 Prototype Built The BMP-K-64 (БМП-К-64), also known as BMPT-K-64, was a Ukrainian wheeled heavy armored personnel carrier (HAPC) developed on the chassis of the T-64 main battle tank (MBT). It was developed by the ...
This article assess the reasons of their reoccurrence, types of these weapons and ammunition used on both sides of the conflict and in the last part tactical use of towed anti-tank guns with possible prospect for the future warfare. Data collection and analysis relied chiefly on media and ...
When the projectile hits the target, a huge fireball engulfs the mini convoy.Javelin is an efficient anti tank weapon that uses automatic tracking to hit moving targets. The website describing high-tech weapons, Military Technology, states: "Gunners engage targets by placing a cursor box on th...
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army. Ukraine received $350 million in US military aid both in 2017 and 2018, $250 million in 2019 and $300 million in 2020. The country began receiving Javelin anti-tank missiles systems after the administration of former US President Donald Trump approved the sale of lethal weapons to Kiev...
Anti-tank and armor weapons such as the Javelin, NLAW and MATADOR have been a mainstay of arms transfers to Ukraine. In a March 16 briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said “anti-armor and air-defense systems, they are effectively defending the country.” ...
“Weapons made in Ukraine and tested in real combat are of interest to many countries around the world,” she said, as quoted in a statement released by the parliament. “Our defense industry can annually produce goods worth $20 billion. At the same time, the state is able t...
Dealing with the Ukrainian ATGM used in the above video, it is a Stugna-P. Designed in Ukraine and produced by the Luch Design Bureau, headquartered in Kyiv, the Stugna-P also known as “Skif” in the export version, is an anti-tank system with a maximum range of 5.5 km (daylight...