23 December, 2024
On December 23, Germany announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, including 15 Leopard 1 tanks, two IRIS-T air defense systems, and two Patriot air defense systems
According to the German Ministry of Defense, the package includes:
- 15 Leopard 1 A5 tanks
- 2 Gepard self-propelled air defense systems with spare parts
- 30 MRAP armored vehicles with mine protection
- 1 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer
- 12 armored vehicles with kinetic defense systems
- 7 Caracal airborne jeeps
- IRIS-T SLM and SLS air defense missile systems
- 2 Patriot launchers
- 2 TRML-4D radars
- Ammunition for Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks
- 30 Vector drones, 24 RQ-35 Heidrun drones, 14 Hornet XR drones
- 5 AMPS helicopter self-defense systems
- 45 diving scooters
- 12 Zetros trucks and 8 fuel tankers
- 120 GMW grenade launchers
- 200 MG4 machine guns
- 420 MK 556 rifles
- 80 HLR 338 sniper rifles
- 100 CR 308 rifles
- 52,000 155 mm shells
- AIM-9L/I-1 Sidewinder missiles
- 65,000 rounds of ammunition for Gepard systems
The package also includes generators, tents, turnstiles, small arms ammunition, 120 mm mortar shells, mines, and demining equipment.
- On December 2, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made an unannounced visit to Ukraine and unveiled a new €650 million aid package for Kyiv, set to arrive this month.
Thank you, Germany!
Taurus?
Diving scooters? For placing explosives under the putler bridge?
Probably Taurus would be more effective.
“Diving scooters?”
Maybe for the Dnipro River? Beats me…