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Ukraine will have 16 HIMARS MLRS in the near future

Ukraine will have 16 HIMARS MLRS in the near future

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine will soon have a total of 16 American М142 HIMARS MLRS.

According to the results of the meetings in the Ramstein format, more than 30 countries provide defense assistance to Ukraine and new initiatives are constantly being put forward.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during the meeting “Ramstein-4” said that Ukraine already has 12 American multiple rocket launchers.

Together with the latest revenues in the last two months, Ukraine as a whole should already have 16 HIMARS systems.

The Head of the Pentagon said that since the meeting in the “Ramstein-1” format in Brussels, the United States has allocated more than $2.6 billion to provide security assistance to Ukraine.

The United States also committed to sending more MLRS ammunition, precision-guided artillery ammunition, tactical vehicles, and other necessary support.

The last time the transfer of the next batch of HIMARS to Ukraine was announced by the United States, on July 9.

In addition, Ukraine has already received a certain number of similar systems – MLRS M270.

“We also promised to transfer two NASAMS air defense systems to help Ukraine protect its military and civilians from Russian missile attacks. The US is also committing to sending more ammunition to HIMARS, high-precision artillery ammunition and tactical vehicles, as well as other urgently needed support,” Austin said.

M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) uses a 6-wheel chassis of an M1140 FMTV tactical truck.

The predecessor of HIMARS in the United States Army was and remains the crawler М270 based on the Bradley IFV platform.

On July 15, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that the first M270 multiple rocket launchers arrived in Ukraine, but he did not specify their number.

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