Note that the package consists of four highly mobile HIMARS artillery missile systems, as well as thousands of howitzer ammunition.
According to a senior Pentagon official, the rounds are a “new type” of 155mm howitzer ammunition that was delivered to Ukraine earlier. We are talking about howitzers M777.
At the same time, he refused to disclose the name of the shells for security reasons. But he specified that they would increase Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian military targets.
The New York Times notes that it could be shells M982 Excaliburwhich are guided by GPS, hit 40 km with a tolerance of 1.8 m, or M1156 also with GPS guidance, but with a deviation of up to 15 m at a distance of 27-28 km.
The Pentagon spokesman also noted that the accuracy will be higher than that of standard projectiles currently used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is assumed that they will be consumed at a lower rate than 5000-6000 standard artillery ammunition per day.
“The Ukrainians have been asking for more accuracy, and HIMARS is not the limit of what the US can provide them in terms of accuracy,” he added.
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