Canada Supplied Ukraine With M113 Armored Vehicles and AIM-7 Missile Components

The Canadian government has transferred a batch of armored personnel carriers and missile components to Ukraine to enhance Ukrainian forces’ capabilities.

Canada’s military assistance page for Ukraine was updated in November, noting that the shipment was dispatched on October 16.

The aid package includes 25 M113 armored personnel carriers and approximately 75,000 spare parts sourced from surplus Canadian Armed Forces equipment.

Canada is also transferring 125 AIM-7 air-to-air missile components and 38 LAU-7A launchers.

The LAU-7 launchers can be adapted to carry and launch other munitions of similar size, including AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-132 ASRAAM, and IRIS-T missiles.

In addition, Canada is providing an extra $30 million for winter equipment.

The winter kit includes 34,231 sleeping bags, 51,679 jackets, 9,302 warm clothing items, 22,502 pairs of military-style winter boots, and 78,351 pairs of wet-weather winter boots.