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Estonia has made an unprecedented decision: to transfer 155-mm howitzers to Ukraine - everything it has
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According to Kaimo Kuusk, the Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, in this way the country wants to create a precedent so that others have no excuse /1
why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war.

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Howitzers, shells, anti-tank weapons: Estonia will provide Ukraine with a record €113 million military aid package

According to the ERR portal, Estonia is donating dozens of 155-mm and 122-mm howitzers, thousands of shells and trucks for their use, more than a hundred /3
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Britain may supply winged ATACMS to Ukraine

The United States has not yet handed over medium-range missiles to us. But London has already expressed its readiness to replace them with its own. We can talk about Storm Shadow, which are called "flying ATACMS"
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We tell you what cruise missiles are, the name of which translates as "Shadow of the Storm"

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Storm Shadow is an aircraft cruise missile. Joint development of England and France. Entered service in 2002. Ukrainian Su - 24M can be carriers after a simple upgrade/2
✔️Flight range and destination
The missile is designed to destroy closed enemy command posts, bunkers, bridges, etc. Flight range 250 - 500 km. Inconspicuous for radar - flies at an altitude of 30 - 40 m following the terrain.
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In the near future, the Ukrainian military will begin training on Challenger 2 tanks

Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK Vadym Prystaiko spoke about this on the air of Radio Liberty.

According to him, crews of heavy artillery systems are already training in Britain. /1
And soon the tankers will arrive. The exercises will take a month and a half.

“If necessary, the training will continue as it was before,” the Ambassador noted, adding that the tanks themselves are also being prepared for shipment to Ukraine.

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“This will accelerate Ukrainian success”: the UK Ministry of Defense showed a video of the Challenger 2 tanks

Earlier, the United Kingdom announced the transfer of another package of military assistance to our country.

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The cure for the Russian breakthrough🇸🇪🇺🇦

The enemy troops do not stop singing praises to their offspring of the T-90M tank industry. They say this is such a child prodigy that will almost decide the fate of mankind It is not known how many of these coffins are already smoked /1
in the steppes of Ukraine, but one thing is known - the cure for the "breakthrough". It bears the name of the king. Your attention - "Karl Gustav".

"Karl Gustav" - Swedish hand-held anti-tank grenade reusable. The grenade launcher is designed to destroy armored targets, /2
fortifications, equipped and unequipped firing positions and enemy manpower, as well as to set up smoke screens and illuminate the area.

Caliber: 84 mm
Type: dynamo-reactive (recoilless + some types of grenades are active-reactive)
Length: 1130 mm
Weight: 9.5 kg
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The former head of the British General Staff urged Rishi Sunak to transfer the Warrior BMP to Ukraine

Richard Dannatt, who headed the country's General Staff from 2006-2009, noted that only now the West is beginning to heed Ukraine's pleas for offensive capabilities.
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“The French are going to provide AMX-10 light tanks, the US is giving 50 Bradley IFVs, the Germans are transferring most of their fleet of Marder IFVs. And the British?” asks the general in his column for The Telegraph.
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According to him, the resources to provide Ukraine with such equipment from Britain are very limited: Challenger battle tanks are in dire need of updating, and Ajax medium tanks "do not work."

However, London could help the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the supply of /3
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Biden said: "Yes!". Bradley combat vehicles go to Ukraine

The President of the United States confirmed that the first batch of modern combat vehicles will be sent to the front soon.

We tell you what the tracked armored reconnaissance vehicle M2 Bradley is intended for and /1
what it can do on the battlefield

Modifications and upgrades
M2 Bradley has been in service with the US Army for 25 years. The car is regularly improved in terms of protection. The most popular models are ODS (Desert Storm) and BUSK (Urban Survival Kit). /2
There are 3,700 vehicles of various modifications in service in the USA, and another 2,800 vehicles are mothballed in storage.

New generations of vehicles received protection against anti-tank mines; digital control system for onboard systems; modern navigation system; /3
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"Punishers" go to the front: AFU received new Punisher strike drones to defeat enemy manpower

The drone has the ability to carry and drop ammunition weighing up to 2.5 kg, flying up to 45 km in one direction. It has 2000 striking elements and will destroy all life within a
radius of 30 m. It is also planned to introduce ammunition with shrapnel against light and medium armored vehicles.

According to Colonel Anatoly Stefan, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in great need of such drones. In total, the Defenders are already armed with several dozen
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Ukraine can strike deep behind Russian lines - @TheStudyofWar

Analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War came to this conclusion.

"The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on December 5 at the Engels-2 air base in the Saratov region and the Diaghilevo /1
air base in the Ryazan region. And although the damage was relatively small, this demonstrates the ability of Ukraine to hit Russian rear lines. Perhaps these are attempts to disrupt the Russian missile strike campaign on Ukrainian infrastructure," /2
the latest @TheStudyofWar report for December 5 says.

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Technique Overview: The Shadow Follows You Wherever You Go

In the photo, the Su-24M has been upgraded to launch Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Storm Shadow / SCALP is an aircraft cruise missile manufactured by MBDA. Joint Anglo-French development. /1 ImageImage
The French version of the missile is abbreviated SCALP EG (French Système de croisière conventionnel autonome à longue portée Emploi General, literally "multi-purpose high-precision long-range cruise missile with autonomous guidance").

Specifications:
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Weight: ~ 1300 kg.
Length: 5.1 m.
Diameter: 0.5 m.
Wingspan: 2.84 m.
Warhead: 450 kg.
Range: over 250 km.
Flight height: 30-40 m.
Speed: 0.8 M (~1000 km/h).

Storm Shadow / SCALP is a shadow that scalps delicately and accurately. With the help of Ukrainian front-line bombers, /3
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How HIMARS changed the war in Ukraine

“The soldiers were preparing dinner when the order came in for the fifth mission of the day: to strike at the Russian barracks and the river barge transporting ammunition and tanks at a distance of 40 miles from them.
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Six people boarded two HIMARS, the commander entered the coordinates into a tablet computer to determine the safest place to shoot.
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A few minutes later, the installations with a roar left the shelter to the launch site in the neighboring sunflower field. Within 30 seconds of their arrival, they fired seven rockets one after the other.
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