Missiles for NASAMS systems and ammunition: Pentagon released a list of new aid package to Ukraine - Militarnyi

Missiles for NASAMS systems and ammunition: Pentagon released a list of new aid package to Ukraine

Missiles for NASAMS systems and ammunition: Pentagon released a list of new aid package to Ukraine
Missiles for NASAMS systems and ammunition: Pentagon released a list of new aid package to Ukraine
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The Pentagon has released a list with the amount of new military aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $1 billion to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs.

It is also stated that this package “provides a significant amount of additional ammunition, weapons, and equipment – the types of which the Ukrainian people are using so effectively to defend their country.”

The package includes additional ammunition for the M142 HIMARS rocket systems (undisclosed quantity).

Змінний пакет з ракетами GMRLS від РСЗВ M142 HIMARS військових України. Липень 2022. Україна. Кадр з відео Юрія Бутусова

Artillerymen of Ukraine will receive 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition.

As a reminder, the Ukrainian servicemen use American 155-mm M777 towed howitzers and various self-propelled howitzers of the same caliber.

Снаряди 155-мм для гаубиць М777 військових України. Літо 2022. Україна. Фото: Радіо Свобода

Ukrainian soldiers will receive 20 120mm mortar systems and 20,000 rounds of 120mm mortar ammunition.

The infantry will receive 1,000 Javelin and hundreds of AT4 anti-armor systems, Claymore anti-personnel munitions, C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment.

Ukraine will receive 50 armored medical treatment vehicles for the treatment and evacuation of the wounded.

Протипіхотна міна Claymore

The Pentagon also announced the transfer of munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to Ukraine.

As previously reported, the air defense of Ukraine will receive two batteries of the NASAMS air defense system. The US Ministry of Defense reported that they have already begun the procurement of NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine.

ЗРК NASAMS. Фото з відкритих джерел

NASAMS systems are designed by a consortium of the American Raytheon Technologies Corporation and the Norwegian group Kongsberg. The system includes launchers and Raytheon AN / MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radars from the Raytheon and Kongsberg consortium.

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