Tanks for mine clearance, infantry fighting vehicles Marder Germany hands over a new military package to Ukraine

Ukraine has received a new package of military aid from Germany. It includes Wisent 1 mine clearing tanks and 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.

As part of the new aid package, Germany has transferred to Ukraine not only armored vehicles, but also shells, ammunition and additional military vehicles, RBC-Ukraine reports with reference to the German government.

Germany handed the following over to Ukraine:

• 20 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles with ammunition (previously 40 were provided);
• Two armored engineering vehicles for mine clearance Wisent 1 (previously provided 6);
• 8x8 HX81 truck tractor (previously 50) and 4 semi-trailers (previously 41);
• 5 8x8 lifting machines (previously 35);
• 9 vehicles (trucks/minibuses/all-terrain vehicles) (previously 288);
• 3 Mercedes-Benz Unimog ambulances (previously 44);
• Another 3,000 155 mm shells (previously 15,510);
• Ammunition disposal material;
• 1 satellite communication surveillance system;
• 20 RQ-35 Heidrun reconnaissance drones (previously 60);
• 2 mobile antenna mast systems (previously 47);
• 10 drone detection systems (previously 103);
• 1.5 million rounds of firearms (previously 44.2 million).

The German government noted that this year Ukraine received 5.4 billion euros in military aid from Berlin.

Wisent 1 are armored engineering tanks for mine clearance. It is based on a modified Leopard 1 battle tank hull with the turret removed. The main task of Wisent is to make passages in minefields so that infantrymen can then advance there. Earlier the German government instructed Rheinmetall to provide Ukraine with another 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles.