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I'll be really interested to see how capably it performs. Russia has a long history of making military hardware that looks the part, but underperforms compared to Western "equivalents". They've done a good job with some of their more modern weapons such as the latest Kornet and their Lancet...

Additional news out of Japan 🇯🇵. Not only will the Japanese send Patriot Missiles manufactured by Mitsubishi to USA to backfill their inventories, allowing dozens of additional interceptors to be sent to Ukraine... Britain 🇬🇧 and Japan 🇯🇵 are working on a deal similar to the one USA 🇺🇸 and...

Yes, by the sounds of it. The Germans traded traded Greece 40 Marder IFV in exchange for them sending 40 BMP-1s to Ukraine. After the fact, it appears that Germany was able to basically persuade Greece to accept cash instead of the Marders, in a deal that was likely worth much more than than...

Finland 🇫🇮 has announced a new $116 million usd defense package for Ukraine. As has been the case previously, Finland does not disclose the contents of their aid packages, for operational reasons...

Germany 🇩🇪 quietly purchased 40 additional Marder 1A3 IFVs from Greece and refurbished them for shipment to Ukraine, bringing the total number they've committed to 120 (up from 80 previously). As more Boxer IFVs are delivered to Germany in the coming months, expect additional Marders to be...

The "urgency" is fabricated for political reasons. USA 🇺🇸 still has $4.4 Billion usd worth of Presidential Drawdown Authority they can send Ukraine. They could literally do the following. December: Additional $400 Million usd weapons package for Ukraine (on top of the previous two packages...

Significant news out of Japan🇯🇵. The Japanese Government is set to change their military export laws to allow them to send items to their allies. Japan has agreed to send "dozens" of PAC 3 Patriot Missiles to USA🇺🇸 to backfill their own inventories, freeing the Americans up to aggressively...

There is no doubt that Ukraine is conserving artillery shells on some sections of the front. That's especially true in areas that have been defending with Soviet era 122mm and 152mm guns. There is an extreme shell shortage at the front, especially when it comes to those types of shells. The...

Let's take a deep dive into how many artillery shells Ukraine 🇺🇦 can reasonably expect to get procure / produce in 2024. I'm going to use extremely realistic, well sourced numbers for the sake accuracy in this exercise. USA 🇺🇸: The Americans are currently ramping up production of 155mm...

Germany 🇩🇪 signed a deal with an undisclosed French firm, to provide Ukraine tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells in 2024. These shells will be in addition to the shells that Germany ordered from Rheinmetall / Expal for Ukraine. In total, Germany will send nearly 300,000 shells to Ukraine...

A couple things here need to be parsed through so that we have all the information required. 1. While there is an artillery shell shortage in all calibers and types, Ukraine is especially short 152mm and 122mm shells for their Soviet Artillery. The United States does not possess those shells...

Denmark 🇩🇰, Sweden 🇸🇪 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 have come to an agreement on the purchase and delivery of additional CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Denmark is funding the purchase, Sweden will build the units in Sweden and deliver them to Ukraine, to add to the 50'ish exisiting units Ukraine...

No country is going to sacrifice its own defense capabilities for that of Ukraine. They're willing to send their surplus, but not their core assets. Germany 🇩🇪 could definitely afford to send a squadron of its Tornado ground attack aircraft to Ukraine, but the problem is training Ukrainian...

Finland 🇫🇮 will more than double its production of artillery shells in 2024 and beyond. The Finnish Government signed a 3 year 120 million Euro deal for the production of additional artillery shells. The target number was not disclosed. Why is this notable? Finland contains the most artillery...

A couple aid related notes for Ukraine 🇺🇦. USA 🇺🇸 passed an astronomical $886 Billion usd defense budget for 2024. In that bill there is an additional $800 million usd for aid to Ukraine. Note that this has nothing to do with the $61 Billion usd worth of aid they are trying to pass, but for...

Per sources inside the Ukrainian Army, Ukraine 🇺🇦 now has 30 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled, 155mm howitzers in its inventory. With part creation and component sourcing in allied countries, Ukraine's alleged 400 person production operation is yielding 6 new howitzers each month...

Denmark 🇩🇰 is set to announce a new 1 Billion Euro defense package for Ukraine. Contents of the package, including tanks, drones and a various types of ammunition, will be delivered starting immediately and throughout 2024.

Good news on the air defense front for Ukraine! The German 🇩🇪 Luftwaffe confirmed today that they have delivered their second planned Patriot missile defense battery to Ukraine, on schedule for winter operations. The battery consists of 8 launchers and a fire control statation, as well as an...

USA 🇺🇸 announced new $200 million usd defense package for Ukraine. It was announced by Biden package on live television, with Zelensky in attendance. For those deeply concerned that USA is going to run out of drawdown authority funding for Ukraine in the near future, USA still has $4.4 Billion...

The International Monetary Fund is sending Ukraine a $900 million usd tranche of aid. Fungible aid is important because while this money is earmarked for macro financial aid, that will free up money for Ukraine to use to purchase significant quantities of weapons and equipment.