October
4, 2018 (radiolemberg.com) The Ukrainian army is getting the weapons it needs to defend the
homeland from Russian aggression. On October 3, tanks and armoured personnel
carriers and military trucks were handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine at
a ceremony in Kharkiv. Refurbished and new armament is turning the Ukrainian
army from an ineffective hold-over Soviet-era force to a formidable leader of
the defence of Europe from the invasion by Muscovy in Crimea and Donbas.
The Ukrainian Army received 16 modernized T-80 and T-64BV tanks,
that were fully restored at the state-owned “Malyshev Plant” in Kharkiv. New
features in the tanks are an improved automatic fire control system with a
laser rangefinder and a complex of guided missile weapons. Five new generation BTR-4 armoured personnel
carriers were delivered, the work of Kharkiv’s Morozov Machine Building
Design Bureau. These Ukrainian-designed and built APCs are said to offer the
best troop protection currently available to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Secretary of the National
Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, took delivery of the tanks and APCs and
trucks. He also viewed some of the latest weapons developed by Ukraine’s
defence sector: the “Verba”
next-generation BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system; the Sapsan
short-range ballistic missile system; the BTR-4MB1 armoured personnel carrier
(which meets NATO standards); and the T-84 Oplot-M main battle tank. In
his remarks at the hand-over ceremony, Secretary Turchynov said that Ukrainian
defence enterprises “make us stronger and [brings us] closer to Ukraine’s
victory.”
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