From howitzers to first-aid kits: the Pentagon revealed the parameters of military assistance to Ukraine

21 июня 2022, 15:36
In almost four months, the US military department has supplied Kyiv with weapons and equipment worth more than five and a half billion dollars.

Military aid from the Pentagon to Ukraine since the start of the special operation has amounted to $5.6 billion, the agency reports on its official website. It is also known that under the lend-lease program, America will supply Ukraine with weapons worth about $40 billion, moreover, ships with military assistance are already heading to the shores of Europe.

For now, the list contains:

- 126 155-mm howitzers and 260,000 155-mm artillery shells;

- 108 tactical vehicles for towing 155-mm howitzers and 19 tactical vehicles for evacuating equipment;

- laser-guided missile systems (apparently, APKWS);

- UAV RQ-20 "Puma";

- highly mobile artillery rocket systems and ammunition;

- 20 Mi-17 helicopters;

- "hundreds" of armored highly mobile multi-purpose wheeled vehicles;

- 200 M113 armored personnel carriers; - more than 1400 Stinger MANPADS;

- 121 Phoenix Ghost kamikaze drones;

- unmanned coastal defense ships;

- more than 6500 Javelin anti-tank systems;

- more than 20,000 other anti-tank systems;

- 2 units of DBK "Harpoon";

— anti-personnel mines M18A1 Claymore;

- C-4 explosives and demolition equipment for clearing obstacles;

- more than 700 Switchblade kamikaze drones;

- more than 7,000 small arms;

- more than 50,000,000 cartridges for small arms;

- 75,000 sets of body armor and helmets;

- 22 counter-battery radars; 4 anti-mortar radars; 4 air surveillance radars;

- tactical secure communication systems;

- thousands of night vision devices, thermal imaging systems, optics and laser rangefinders;

- commercial satellite imagery services;

- financing of training, maintenance and support.

- protective equipment for the disposal of explosive objects;

- chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear protective equipment;

- medical supplies, including first aid kits;

- electronic equipment for interference suppression;

- field equipment and spare parts;

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