RT – Jan 20, 2023
US Stryker armoured vehicles make their way from Germany to Orzysz, Poland
The US government has authorized another $2.5 billion in military aid for Ukraine, including thousands of rockets and artillery rounds, as well as the first-ever shipment of Stryker fighting vehicles.
The Pentagon announced the new arms package on Thursday, marking the 30th drawdown from Defense Department inventories since the conflict in Ukraine erupted last year. In addition to 90 Strykers and a variety of other armored vehicles, Washington will supply 95,000 105-millimeter artillery shells, additional ammunition for the HIMARS multi-launch rocket platform, an unspecified number of rounds for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), and eight Avenger air defense systems, among other gear.
In service since 2002, the eight-wheeled Stryker can be equipped with a range of main armaments depending on the model, including the M2 machine gun, the MK19 grenade launcher, or the 30mm MK44 Bushmaster chaingun. The Pentagon did not say which version Kiev would receive, only noting that the 90 Strykers would come with 20 landmine rollers.
The Defense Department said it would also send 59 Bradley fighting vehicles, added to 50 already authorized earlier this month. Officials have dubbed the platform a “tank killer,” as it comes mounted with anti-armor TOW missiles, and have suggested it could be useful in future offensives against Russian forces. Another 590 TOW missiles were included in Thursday’s arms package, bringing the total to 2,590.
Though Washington has approved more than $27 billion in direct military aid to Kiev over the last year, Ukrainian officials have continued to ask for more powerful weapons, such as the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The administration of US President Joe Biden has yet to budge on that request, but some Western partners are increasingly willing to supply similar arms, with the UK vowing to send a squadron of Challenger 2 tanks earlier this week.
Berlin has also come under pressure to provide its own Leopard battle tanks, but has so far declined to do so, also barring other nations from shipping the German-made vehicle to Ukraine.
NATO members and some EU states are set to hold a meeting in Germany on Friday to discuss the possibility of heavier weapons for Kiev, though it remains unclear whether disputes over the tanks have been resolved. According to a German government source cited by Reuters, Berlin will lift its objections to sending Leopards only after Washington agrees to provide the M1 Abrams.
Russia has repeatedly warned against continued Western military aid to Ukraine, insisting it will only escalate and prolong the conflict. Following London’s announcement that it would send tanks on Monday, the Kremlin said the vehicles “will burn just like the rest [of the weapons],” insisting they would not change the situation on the battlefield.
I don’t know if the tyres of these vehicles are the new solid type or if they’re pneumatic as they appear to be. If they’re pneumatic then a bullet through two or three of them and the vehicle is disabled. After that escape from them by the crew risks exposure to gunfire from the people who shot the tyres.
Armoured personnel carriers at risk from bullets is a nice boondoggle for the makers but no damned good for the crews, and while the vehicle appears able to resist bullets its thin plates will be no match for small anti-tank weapons.
America’s land-based assets seem designed to take on puny armies.
It is possible that the MBT has almost reachedcits sell by date…..like the battleships of WW1&2.
They seem vulnerable to attack from highly mobile missile carrying wheeled vehicles??.
Why submit a comment if you can’t see them?
I suggest assassinating all these warmongering pieces of filth starting with criminally corrupt illegitimate PED0 Joe and keep going. These insane monsters are a threat to all in this world
Biden is draining US armaments for a war that is already lost. Pedo Joe is a saboteur.
Germany, another Ziocuck basket case, wants to send main battle tanks to Ukraine, this is while the USA is ramping up more war with Russia.
Germany is only one state away from Russia, that state is Poland, which historically gets run over both east and west … AND THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POLES ALREADY IN UKRAINE FIGHTING RUSSIA WHICH IS THE STUPIDEST THING THEY COULD DO.
WHY NOT JUST INVITE RUSSIA TO INVADE POLAND YOU STUPID F-CKS
ARE THE POLLOCKS JOKES TRUE, ARE POLLOCKS THAT STUPID????
So if you were a German, and the war is getting bigger, would you send your top tanks to Ukraine?
Think, people, think. If you were Germany you would save your tanks for your own defense.
SENDING YOUR MAIN BATTLE TANKS TO THAT ZELENKSY GAY DEMON IS SUICIDE
Germany has already committed suicide by sending nuclear ready subs to Israel, which has nukes to arm them nuclear, which will be used to blackmail Germany.
HOW F-CKING STUPID ARE THESE GERMANS?
AMERIKA WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST UKRAINIAN
THEN AMERIKA WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST POLLOCK
THEN AMERIKA WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST GERMAN
THEN AMERIKA WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST FROG
THEN AMERIKA WILL DECLARE ITSELF GOD AND COUNT ALL ITS SHEKELS
This is a follow up to my previous comment. I was clicking through the channels on the idiot box tonight and lo and behold the big news item on the Communist NPR channel was why USA and Germany would NOT send their main battle tanks to Ukraine. The little shit gay woke host on NPR was upset we were not doing enough to help Ukraine drive the Russians back and take Crimea.
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Wiki: Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who, since his appointment on January 22, 2021, has served as the 28th United States secretary of defense. He is the first African American to serve as the United States secretary of defense.
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NPR interviewed the Pentagram and they said the Ukes didn’t have jet fuel for the M1 Abrams
1. Jet fuel = diesel, and the Ukes have diesel (and jet fuel since they have almost no aircraft using it)
a. NPR reporter = stupid as dogshit
b. Abrams uses “Fuel Types: Diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, and marine diesel”
see https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/0902dp-m1-abrams-tank/
2. The Pentagram doesn’t want the M1 Abrams to get blown away by Russian missiles – which would be a repeat of the Israeli Merkava tank blowed away by Kornet wire guided missiles in the Lebanon war. The Pentagram is OBVIOUSLY trying to hide how their prized tank is very vulnerable and when up against a first rate army would not fare well.
a. the Merkava tank was the pride of the Jew army
b. purged from Youtube are the videos of Israeli tanks being blown away by Hezbollah
In 2006 Hezbollah Destroyed 49 Merkava Israeli Tanks
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=destroyed+merkava+tanks+in+lebanon+&iax=images&ia=images
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Then NPR interviewed this polish dipshit who said Germans were avoiding sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine like the “devil avoiding holy water”.
The Pentagram thinks Ukraine can push Russia back and take Crimea