German Chancellor Scholz, who took a small train to Kiev for a "pilgrimage", the first thing he did after returning home was to publish a list of all German military aid to Ukraine, including those that have been delivered and those that have not yet been delivered. Detailed items and quantities. It can be said that Germany's move is contrary to its coy attitude since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine. This also means that Germany may become the largest arms aid country to Ukraine after the United States and Poland. Although Germany has continued to reduce its defense budget in recent years, resulting in a sharp decline in its military strength, it has also stored a large number of weapons and equipment with good performance in Germany's "arsenal". If Germany completely liberalizes its aid to Ukraine, it will definitely It will cause trouble for the Russian army in future operations.
It can be found from the list published by Germany that the vast majority of the materials that have been delivered to Ukraine are basic combat materials such as light weapons, individual equipment, and logistics and medical care. It can be said that in the early stages of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Germany still adhered to its bottom line of not delivering offensive weapons to conflict areas. But then, as the United States and Britain added fuel to the flames, and Poland and the three Baltic countries took the lead in delivering large amounts of heavy equipment to Ukraine, Germany suffered a lot of sustained pressure and "slobbery" attacks from Ukraine and Western countries, which forced it to abandon its "bottom line" and began to send supplies to Ukraine. Provide heavy weapon .
Germany will deliver a large number of promised heavy equipment and logistical support equipment to Ukraine as soon as possible, including 30 "Cheetah" self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft missiles, and Cobra artillery detection radar that Ukraine urgently needs. , 54 M113 armored personnel carriers and 7 PZH 2000 self-propelled howitzers jointly provided by Netherlands , 40 drones, etc. Among them, 54 M113 armored personnel carriers are relatively old, do not have any decent weapons and equipment themselves, and their protective capabilities are also average, so they do not pose a great threat to the Russian army. Although the PZH 2000 self-propelled howitzer has strong performance and good maneuverability, it is the long-range strike equipment that Ukraine needs most in the Severodonetsk region. However, because there are only 7 units, at best, it can only allow the Ukrainian army to occupy a small range of firepower advantage. , but could not completely reverse the situation of the war.
However, these three types of equipment, the "Cheetah" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, IRIS-T SLM air defense missile, and Cobra artillery detection radar, are weapons that the Russian army cannot underestimate. The "Cheetah" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, which uses the Leopard 1 tank body as the chassis, is a field air defense equipment equipped by the West German Army in 1976, but 97 of them were in service until 2010 after many upgrades. Seal. " Cheetah " has a turret that can rotate 360 degrees. The main weapon is a double-barreled 35mm KDA automatic cannon, and integrates two universal search radars and tracking radars, and is equipped with an laser rangefinder on the front of the gun . , with an effective range of 5.5 kilometers, and each door is loaded with 320 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition and 20 rounds of anti-tank ammunition.
If Ukraine deploys the "Cheetah" to the front line, it will pose a great threat to low-altitude targets such as Russian drones and helicopters, and can even deal with the Su-25 attack aircraft . In order to make up for the short range of the "Cheetah", Germany also provides IRIS-T SLM air defense missiles, which can effectively attack aircraft, helicopters, drones, cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles . It can carry up to 8 vertical launch boxes, with a maximum interception altitude of 20 kilometers and a maximum range of 40 kilometers. As Germany's latest medium and short-range air defense missile, the performance of IRIS-T SLM is still very advanced. It has been successfully exported to Egypt. This time, Ukraine will pay a price of 140 million euros to obtain this air defense missile system.
It can be found that most of the advanced equipment provided by Germany to Ukraine is defensive in nature. The only PZH 2000 self-propelled artillery with long-range offensive attributes cannot play a big role because of its scarcity. However, the German Army still has a lot of retired equipment available in its inventory, such as a large number of Leopard 1 tanks. But Germany's provision of these heavy equipment to Ukraine has a prerequisite: training.The Ukrainian army has been using Soviet-style equipment for a long time. Among the Western equipment that can be used immediately, the only portable anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, and any Western heavy equipment requires a certain period of training before mastering its use. But the current quality of the Ukrainian army's soldiers is very low, so I don't know how long it will take to master these German equipment. After all, Ukrainian soldiers temporarily go online to check the instructions for using the "Javelin" missile on the front line! From this point of view, the Russian army may not be so dangerous when facing these German heavy weapons in the future.
