The United Kingdom is set to hand over the Stormer HVM air defense systems to Ukraine.

Militarnyi informs about this.

Ben Wallace, Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, announced these deliveries on April 25, 2022, during an address to the Parliament.

“I can now announce to the House of Representatives that we will provide “a small number” of Stormer missile launcher vehicles,” he said.

The Stormer HVM (High-Velocity Missile) is a short-range air defense system. Stormer is an armoured track platform with Starkstreak or Martlet LMM rocket launcher with 8 containers mounted on it. Both types of missiles are already being used by the Ukrainian servicemen against Russia in the form of MANPADS.

It was developed primarily to counter the threat of attack helicopters and low-flying aircraft posed to armored formations. This air defense system has been in service of the British Army since 1997. Its exports destination so far has been Oman.

Eight ready-to-fire missiles are stored in the launchers, and up to 12 reload missiles are carried inside the hull.

The vehicle has a roof-mounted panoramic weapon sight and an air defense alerting device for target recognition and prioritization.

The vehicle is operated by a crew of three. The Stormer can move at a maximum speed of 80 km/h. Its maximum range is 600 km.