British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace denied media reportsthat London will transfer to Ukraine AS-90 heavy self-propelled artillery mounts of 155 mm caliber. Instead, the issue of sending the Armed Forces of Ukraine lighter 105-mm towed howitzers is being considered, writes with reference to the minister. defensenews.com.
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According to the head of the British Ministry of Defense, now “there is a race to equip Ukraine with the same long-range weapons that Russia has” in order to equalize forces in this regard.
“The next three weeks are key,” Wallace said.
Answering questions from lawmakers in the country’s parliament, Wallace said that the main allied effort to help Ukraine initially focused on purchasing Soviet-style equipment, but now they have expanded to highly mobile Western 155-mm guns.
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“We first of all started with a search around the world for 152-mm Soviet [оружия]to [Украина] could continue to use it, and in parallel with a number of other countries, they studied either the 105 mm, our main light guns, or the 155 mm in a more mobile version than the AS-90,” Wallace said.
He emphasized that the modern battlefield requires increased mobility: if you fired back, you quickly changed your position so that you would not be promptly fired back.
unknown about which 105 mm guns the minister says. Possibly the L118 light artillery piece designed to support infantry.
In addition to efforts to increase the firepower of Ukrainian artillery, Britain will transfer another 5361 anti-tank missiles to the NLAW complexes (1000 have already been delivered last week), 200 missiles to the Javelin anti-tank systems, armored vehiclesnight vision devices and anti-aircraft missiles.
Earlier in London, they announced that they would also transfer anti-ship missiles, ammunition against fortifications and loitering ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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- February 23, 2022 Wallace declaredthat Britain “kicked Russia in the ass in the Crimea in 1853, we can do it again.”
- As of April 26, more than 22,000 invaders and 900 tanks no longer threaten Ukraine: infographics about the losses of the Russian Federation.
- Spiegel writes that today, perhaps, Germany will announce the transfer of the Ukrainian army ZSU “Cheetah”.
- Italy is also preparing a new aid package for Ukraine: there may be self-propelled guns and howitzers.
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