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Is the Stryker made by GDLS in Canada? Is it armed, our unarmed like the LAVs Canada donated?Pentagon to ship Stryker combat vehicles to Ukraine
The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed the country will supply its Stryker armored combat vehicles to Ukraine in an upcoming aid package. The U.S. announced on 19 January a new aid package yet, worth $2.5 billion, which includes 90 Strykerdefence-blog.com
Paywall free here https://archive.is/p5pdORussia Is Refitting Old T-72 Tanks For The War In Ukraine. But It’s Running Out Of Optics.
The down-rated T-72 has an outdated 1PN96MT-02 analog thermal sight that’s comparable to the sights NATO armies installed on their own tanks back in the 1970s. This emergency T-72B1 Obr. 2022 is ... not a great tank.www.forbes.com
Maybe Leopard 1 would be enough.
They are made in Canada and most variants are armed with the exception of the medic variant (not 100% sure, though - it may have .50 MG defenses).Is the Stryker made by GDLS in Canada? Is it armed, our unarmed like the LAVs Canada donated?
Here is a close-up of a BMPT firing (probably for a show-off). Notice the extreme vibration of those guns. I wonder if they can actually hit anything.
One does not want to be at the receiving end of that amount of 30mm fire.Here is a close-up of a BMPT firing (probably for a show-off). Notice the extreme vibration of those guns. I wonder if they can actually hit anything.
Do you know this for a fact? Not sure any military is in the habit of stockpiling weapons they can't use. The weapons have to be maintained, and that's a drain on resources for a resource-constrained military (and the US military absolutely is resource constrained).
Speaking of law, the US cannot legally export cluster munitions unless (a) the weapon has at least a 99% successful detonation rate, and (b) the receiving country can guarantee that they won't be used in areas where there are civilians. The US would have to change its own laws to export cluster munitions to Ukraine.
And all of that ignores international law on the use of cluster weapons. Ukraine use of them would be a propaganda gift to Putin. Also, let's remember that these weapons would be used where Ukrainian civilians still survive and where, hopefully, some degree of normal life may return once the invading orcs are repulsed. Sowing cluster munitions is a recipe for killing a large number of your own population long after the war is over.
Yes, it is fact, its in open source Pentagon paperwork.
Does that count if Ukraine is using the weapons within its own country?Speaking of law, the US cannot legally export cluster munitions unless (a) the weapon has at least a 99% successful detonation rate, and (b) the receiving country can guarantee that they won't be used in areas where there are civilians. The US would have to change its own laws to export cluster munitions to Ukraine.
That is very sharp. And right.Does that count if Ukraine is using the weapons within its own country?
Does that count if Ukraine is using the weapons within its own country?