Both the UK and Ukraine have stayed mum on the type of anti-tank weapons being delivered to Ukraine amid a growing military threat from Russia. However, a video of the weapons bring unloaded in Kyiv reveals they are NLAWs and that at least a thousand are already in Ukraine.
“We have taken the decision to supply Ukraine with light anti-armor defensive weapons systems,” Wallace told the House of Commons.He also added that “a small number” of British troops were going to provide training to help Ukrainian forces in using these weapons.
“This support is for short-range and clearly defensive weapon capabilities; they are not strategic weapons and pose no threat to Russia; they are to use in self-defense,” Wallace added.On 18 January, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anatoliy Petrenko reiterated that the articles supplied by the UK will be used exclusively for defense purposes. Both Ukraine and Britain didn't spell out what types of weapons and how many of them were to be supplied. However, according to open sources, on the morning of 19 January, six C-17A Globemaster III aircraft arrived from the Brize Norton base to Boryspil. It is estimated that the number of ATGMs has already exceeded 1,000 units, considering that 180 ATGMs (10 palettes, 18 NLAW units) fit aboard each flight, journalist Kateryna Kistol noted.
According to the estimates of Defence-ua, in 48 hours, the United Kingdom shipped more anti-tank weapons to Ukraine than all the NATO countries taken together since 2014.




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NLAW

- the principle of "fire-and-forget," no lock-on signature required;
- a small size (1 m long), weight (12.5 kg)
- only 1 person needed for operation;
- minimal time from target detection to engagement - approximately 5 seconds:
- the possibility of hitting a tank or any armored unit from a distance of 20m (NLAW is the only system with this feature).
Business Insider noted that the choice of route by the British planes carrying the military cargo to Ukraine was notable given that Germany had declined to export arms to Ukraine in December.
Additionally, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reiterated the German commitment to resolving the Ukraine-Russia conflict exceptionally by diplomatic means without arming Ukraine.
Earlier, Germany also blocked NATO shipments of anti-drone rifles to Ukraine.
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