This is more than 80% of the guns promised by the Pentagon.
More than 70 M777 howitzers were delivered to Ukraine, which previously undertook to provide the United States for the needs of the Armed Forces in the war with Russia. This was reported by CNN, noting that the party is more than 80% of all the guns promised by the Pentagon.
According to the source, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense said that about 200 Ukrainian gunners have already been trained in the use of M777 howitzers.
“More than 170 Ukrainian servicemen have been trained in more than one place on M777, and another 50 have to finish their training today,” the official said.
More than 50 Ukrainians are due to arrive at a training ground outside Ukraine later this week to receive M777 howitzer training.
Note that the M777 Howitzer is a British trailed howitzer 155 mm caliber. It has a digital fire control system, which is similar to systems in self-propelled artillery installations. The maximum range of projectiles from the M777 is 24.7 km. However, with the M982 Excalibur high-precision projectiles, the maximum flight range can reach 40 km.
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Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny stated that the Ukrainian army will give up Soviet weapons and switch to NATO models.
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