Well done Germany. Respect and love from U.K. With Ukraine having 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 supporting her, with a combined economic and military collective might - unequalled and unrivalled in all human history. And with 🇨🇦 🇫🇮 🇵🇱 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇵🇹 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇷🇴 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇭🇷 🇲🇰 🇧🇬 🇦🇱 🇬🇷 🇮🇸 🇱🇺 as allies - sending arms and aid And With Ukraine having 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇯🇵 🇮🇱 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇰🇷 as friends. Russia doesn’t stand a chance. Russia has already lost. It’s all over. Now it’s just how many Russian men die until someone somewhere inside the Kremlin gets this fact. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ✊
Mostly going unnoticed, those old Geppard tanks are also doing a wonderful job with drones and helicopters. One recently took out four Russian helicopters in a total elapsed time of 18 minutes.
Germany might not be sending as much equipment as some other countries, but what they are sending ( IRIS-T, Panzerhaubize 2000....) Is the best of the best quality wise
@@nickwilliams7867 that's not true At least not always IRIS-T is a completely newly manufactured system. The German Army doesn't even have it yet. So Months ago there literally wasn't a IRIS-T system in Germany that they could have sent But that critic is more valid when it comes to different systems
@@marvinamann4969 They do not need the latest or greatest to shoot down these drones or aircraft. Germany said months and months ago they would send systems that were ready to go but failed to send them for months
@@nickwilliams7867 simply not true, this Iris - T system was the first to be manufactured.Even the german army does not have Iris- T. Re. Gepards, they needed to be refitted, as the systems had been in storage for many years. There are still about 20 Gepards units which need even more repair. They'll go to Ukraine when they are ready.
@@britishsaviour1549 He is talking in the context of being European neighbours with shared values, what’s the problem? And on another level, do you realise where the Saxons actually came from?
Germanys official donation list. 30 MRAP vehicles DINGO Iris-T SLM missles* 18 anti-drone sensors and jammers (before: 14) 18 reconnaissance drones* 5 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh* 3 lift trucks* (before: 2) 17 heavy and medium bridge systems* 22 border protection vehicles* 5 multiple rocket launchers MARS II with ammunition 14 self-propelled howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000 (joint project with the Netherlands) 2 unmanned surface vessels* air defence system Iris-T SLM* 10 armoured recovery vehicles* 200 tents 195 generators 116.000 winter jackets 80.000 winter trousers 240.000 winter hats 100,000 first aid kits* 405,000 pre-packaged military Meals Ready 30,000 rounds ammunition 40mm* 30 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD including circa 6.000 rounds of ammunition* 13,500 projectiles 155mm 67 fridges for medical material counter battery radar system COBRA* 4,000 rounds practice ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns 54 M113 armoured personnel carriers (systems of Denmark, upgrades financed by Germany)* 53,000 rounds ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns 20 laser target designators* 3,000 anti-tank weapons Panzerfaust 3 with 900 firing devices 14,900 anti-tank mines 500 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STINGER 2,700 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STRELA 22 million rounds of ammunition for fire arms 50 bunker buster missiles 100 machine gun MG3 with 500 spare barrels and breechblocks 100,000 hand grenades 5,300 explosive charges 100,000 m detonating cord and 100.000 detonators 350,000 detonators 10 anti-drone guns* 100 auto-injector devices 28,000 combat helmets 15 palettes military clothing 280 vehicles (trucks, minibuses, all-terrain vehicles) 6 palettes material for explosive ordnance disposal 125 binoculars 1,200 hospital beds 18 palettes medical material, 60 surgical lights protective clothing, surgical masks 10,000 sleeping bags 600 safety glasses 1 radio frequency system 3,000 field telephones with 5.000 cable reels and carrying straps 1 field hospital (joint project with Estonia)* 353 night vision goggles 4 electronic anti-drone devices* 165 field glasses medical material (inter alia back packs, compression bandages) 38 laser range finders Diesel and gasoline (ongoing deliveries)* 10 tons AdBlue* 500 medical gauzes MiG-29 spare parts* 30 protected vehicles* 80 pick-up trucks* 7,944 man-portable anti-tank weapons RGW 90 Matador* 6 mobile decontamination vehicles HEP 70 including decontamination material 10 HMMWV (8x ground radar capability, 2x jamming/anti drone capability)* 7 radio jammers* 8 mobile ground surveillance radars and thermal imaging cameras* 4 mobile and protected mine clearing systems* 8 electronic anti-drone devices* 1 high frequency unit with equipment* 6 MG3 for armoured recovery vehicles
The German Iris-T SLM is one of the best short and medium range systems. It's comparable with the US Patriot system. Both got their pros and cons. Patriot got more range and faster missiles. The IRIS-T is a newer system with a better radar and more precise missiles.
@@Sinista123 Patriot is far longer reach and uses radar for missile guidance, while IRIS-T uses imaging infra red sensors. They are both very capable but very different in their nature
Wow brilliant news from Germany...Love..Support and Best Wishes to the good people, warriors and the great leader of the Ukraine from us all in the UK ...Please stay strong ....Karma is on its way to the enemies and their supporters wait and we will see
It can even detect stealth fighters or stealth bombers because it has the new passive radar from Hensoldt what has even detected the F-35. Good bye Su-57
what's passive radar?! IRIS-T uses IRST (infrared search and track) as the name implies. So it detects the exhaust heat and goes for it. Just like an AIM-9 Sidewinder or a Stinger, but with longer range. The cool thing about infrared is, that enemy aircraft pilots won't receive a radar-warning signal when the missile is tracking them, unlike a radar-guided SAM systems like the Russian S300.
@@SimSimon87 passive Radar from hensoldt is untouched. They meassure the mobile phone Signals etc. and the changes within those Signals. So they know where the drone rocket etc is located
@@SimSimon87 IRIS-T is much more sophisticated than Stinger and any version of the AIM-9M or before (AIM-9X uses a similar seeker). It uses an imaging focal plane array rather than a mechanical Rosette or conical scan . It is extremely accurate and recognizes the shape of an aircraft or missile and can attack specific portions of it (such as the canopy if desired). It can't be seduced by flares because it is tracking the shape of the target aircraft using synthetic vision. The air launched version of IRIS-T can direct hit not only Surface to Air missile but other Air to Air missiles. When air launched it can also be locked on to a tank, truck or other vehicle like the Maverick missile. Stinger uses a mechanical scan, there were plans to upgrade it using the seeker from AIM-9X but was stopped due to budget reasons. The only MANPADS with imaging seeking technology is the Japanese Keiko.
@@dullibulli9370 I'm not sure if the passive radar from Hunsoldt is accurate enough to to fire a IRIS-T (it could be, not sure) about height finding but it would allow the Active radar from Hunsoldt to be switched of and only turn on when a target was detected and only track that target. This would keep the active radar safe.
And where would they get those? They don't have them themselves. And the IRIS-T also was destined for Egypt and only after several talks between Germany and Egypt, Egypt agreed to wait for a later production batch, so that the first one could be send to Ukraine.
I'm guessing Switzerland would not allow it - like with the Gepard ammunition. I guess it's now a fact that one should not buy military weaponry from Swiss manufacturers.
Don't parrot everything you read somewhere. Germany has provided a lot of money to Ukraine from the beginning, in different forms. Learn the differences between direct bilateral aid and aid via the European Union (through German money). Aid just must not flatten out now, but must be expanded, especially militarily.
@@fangan4770 they have now, Poland 🇵🇱 called Germany 🇩🇪 out for doing so little at the beginning of the war. Everyone else sent lethal aid and Germany sent helmets 🪖 Putin had the German economy by the ⚽️’s Pleased Germany 🇩🇪 is now standing up to Putin !!!
@@chris23tg The helmets you speak of were promised to Ukraine before Russia's invasion. If you want to see exact figures, I can send you a detailed list of the material that was sent shortly after the invasion. Or just use a search engine and find out. It goes without saying that heavy artillery and tanks were not immediately sent just because Poland demanded it. The whole thing requires not only internal consultation, but also consultation with allies, examination of legal aspects, and, last but not least, it is a fine line. Please do not forget that Russia is the largest nuclear power. I don't think the German government had escalation in mind. Neither did Poland. Speaking of Poland, the country has become very good at pointing fingers at Germany in recent years. To a large extent, Poland is also acting out of self-interest. The argument that Russia had a "grip" on the German economy is also self-evident. Russia is the largest producer of oil and gas in the region and has sold the raw materials cheaply. That is normal global economics. The German parties, especially the SPD, have foolishly relied for far too long on the wisdom that deep economic interconnectedness creates peace. Unfortunately, they thought wrong! If China were to attack Taiwan now, would you also blame all countries that import Chinese products? My overall conclusion is that much of the cost is shouldered by the US and without its tireless help the European nation-states would probably have done much less. I would even argue that Germany would send tanks to Ukraine if the US would do the same.
This wasn't actually stashed in anywhere, as it's a brand new system. Testing of it ended this year. Even Germany itself doesn't have it yet. Ukraine is getting the latest of the latest here, and the systems are delivered as they come out of the factory. One system can protect a middle-sized city or a hundred kilometres of frontline.
Also worth pointing out that this particular system was actually meant and built for egypt. Thankfully they agreed to a later delivery so that this system could be sent to Ukraine.
If you insist on converting *km* to *miles* at least do it correctly and do not add on *fake precision.* Better yet, military people understand km so you don't even need to do the conversions.
€400k per missile. But it is not used against drones (though it could), but against cruise missles and other high-value targets which costs much more than the missile. Furthermore: it saves infrastructure and lives. That is priceless.
This is good news for taking down the 3M-54 Kalibr missiles but I feel lower tech is required for the Shahed-136 drones. Barrage balloons and fishing nets.
I think Germany should send to Ukraine the Skyguard for point protection. Also i think, Ukraine should receive CIWSs for protection of energy infrastructure. A lot of CIWSs are being used for naval operations,but there is no problem to use them on ground operations
@@j.calvert3361 Each drone uses inertial navigation using gyroscopes, accelerometers and barometers to stabilize itself in three-dimensional space. However, the drone cannot find a target with this sensor technology. A reference signal from GPS, Glonass or Galileo satellites is always required to find a target. Unfortunately, you have no idea how drones navigate terrestrially. Aren't you ashamed to write such nonsense?
@@callsigndd9ls897 Wrong, you can send a drone ro a known location simply with inertial navigation. It's not tremendously accurate. That's how cruise missiles and IBM used to work.
@@j.calvert3361 Yes you can, but... The Germans did it with V1 and V2 in WWII. Inertial navigation plus course entry via gyrocompass and flight time calculation. They could hit a city, or at best a specific area within a city, but not an exact target. Accurate hits have only been possible since GPS was introduced. It is impossible to hit a specific building, power plant or bridge when a drone is supposed to autonomously find over a long distance target solely by inertial navigation and a given course. This always requires GPS. It doesn't matter whether it's drones, cruise missiles, rockets or intelligent artillery ammunition.
To be honest it is a waste to use it against Shahed-136. This is also true for the other systems you mentioned. Shahed kind of targets are better left for gun systems.
All completely different systems you just named. Comparing a Patriot to any of the others is ridiculous. Patriots may be big and fancy, but I'd rather have an Iris-T protecting me against short-range, low-level threats.
In a target rich environment supplies of replacement missiles are hugely expensive, who will foot that bill. This is an industrial war not a short skirmish against a poor third world country.
Its also a great money maker. If you have air system that combat proven and was able to shoot down cruisle missles, planes and drones. This system will make money for really long time
economically pointless, but if we realise that drone might destroy a hospital wing, which had cost much more to build and equip, it starts to make sens. Not to mention the people who would die.
@@johnnyenglish583 that is logically consistent. But: if the aggressor sends 1.000 drones at 20.000 each his bill is 20.000.000. If you now have to shoot 1.000 missiles at a price of 250.000 you get a bill of 250.000.000 which is a significant amount of money. And you have to add all the periphery to send 1.000 rockets which makes it somehow ridiculous. Right, peoples lifes and vital infrastructure count more. So at the end situation is f...up anyway.
@@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 Yeah, that's why Israeli Iron Dome is so effective: they're able to tell where a rocket will hit and they only engage the rockets that are likely to hit inhabited areas. Here, there is just not enough radar coverage because naturally Ukraine's territory is an order of magnitude larger than Israel's.
Watch our for those small Irainian kamikazi drones. There is video out there of them destroying 2 Ukrainian ( Russian made) radar systems.. and it wasnt a huge explosion. But definatly made the system U/S
Those are lancet drones.They are same as switchblade with range of around 10km.Doubt any air defence can intercept them but they have a radar attack mode which can destroy an air defence system.
The Video is probably just them destroying yet another Ukrainian decoy. You can she the explosion was almost non existence, if there where real rockets in these canisters it would explode big time. There is real video out there of Ukraine hitting russian S300 and you can see the typical solid rocket fuel explosion with lots of burning chunks flying of in all direction. So the russians only hit decoys or empty canisters that the ukrainians use as bait.
SkySabre is excellent but it's a pity is that British MOD prematurely scrapped the excellent Rapier systems only last year as a cost saving measure before Sky Sabre had replaced it thus leaving the UK with nothing but RAF Typhoons and a few Starstreak MANPADS and some Type 45 destroyers. If the Government had of delayed that scrapping (just mothballed or stored no even upgraded) these systems would have thrashed the Russian Air force and also provided drone and cruise missile protection. I understand its a complex decision with important maintenance procedures to batteries and even rocket motors needed.
First of all, Ukraine is only getting a grand total of four of these. Before the war, they had 72 BUK's. And three of those four are gonna be next year. Second, each missile costs some 430,000 dollars, that's a poor investment to shoot down 15,000 dollar drones. They'll do better against cruise missiles which cost a million dollars each. Thirdly, even the German Army don't have these yet, which means they are still in the experimental/testing phase. And that is probably the main reason they are there.
@@heygeggan Ukraine is receiving several NASAMS beginning this month. They are a bit different from IRIS-T but should still be very effective guarding critical systems like power plants. What Ukraine REALLY needs is Patriot. That is a truly great area defense system. Next best would be Israel's Iron Dome system. That is more like NASAMS but combat proven. All of these systems are very sophisticated so they will require extensive training and (probably) manufacturer support from Poland or some other NATO country.
What the heck you think they gonna cover with only 4 units ? 4 x 25 miles radius in a country of thousend of thousend of square miles ? I can't even compute the ratio out of it.
You're right, but if you look at the value of the equipment delivered in relation to the country's GDP, an honourable mention needs to go to the Baltic countries. In absolute terms, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia didn't send that much. But they're tiny countries and they have definitely been punching above their weight as far as weapons supplies are concerned.
@@johnnyenglish583 oh yes i know that mate i didnt include them or even chech or argentina as their economies are small. i know also demark have sent alot of stuff too. it was more to the bigger players in euorpe they should be embassed that the smaller countries have sent more than they have
Germany has overall delivered more aid than Poland and the UK. Something in your comment does not add up. I think you forgot Germany's share of the EU support to Ukraine.
@@TheGabbaKeks well from the 3 reports I've seen Germany has only given around 1bn in aid total. Sorry. USA 40bn. UK 7bn Poland 2bn and France even sent less than the every one with 190m.
It doesn't have to be used on drones. There are other choices, but it certainly pays to take out cruise missiles and such. And as for drones, once it sees one coming, they can take out the drones with cheaper hand held launchers. I am hoping Ukraine will start launching cheap one way drones into Russia. I have read they are ready to put such a thing into production, and they the Russians will have the problem you just outlined.
Sure, but the drone might kill people or cause millions in damage to a power station. So in that sense is good value. But we do need to find better cheaper ways of dealing with these things, Bombing Crimea (where there are Iranian soldiers) and Iran itself where the factories exist would also be good
- "Meanwhile it seems a few dozen drones with 30% success rate is better…" What exactly are you comparing? Do you mean that if you fly “a few dozen drones” into an area covered by an IRIS-T SLM system, 30 % of them get through? I find that highly doubtful, and I also doubt that you actually have any information to back up your claim. If you do, though, please share the specifics and the source with us.
Iris T definitely has the best radar (from Hensoldt). They were even able to detect the F35. Btw dont reply to Yellow Tunes. He is a russian nazi troll trying to spread their propaganda BS.
I think are many, many, many things you don’t get. There is only ONE Iris T SLM system in the world - the one in Ukraine. It is brand new. Takes time to build more, it‘s not like Minecraft you know?
@@dude861 So true. But some just love bashing Germany, which has delivered hundreds of trucks, Biber bridge laying tanks, Büffel salvage tanks, and top notch Nato Mars-2 and ÜzH-2000 artillery systems. No country in the world has so far delivered a single western MBT but only Germany is bashed. The Brits have sent 36 Vietnam war era towed artillery pieces and kept celebrating themselves ever since. I put it down to mentality. .
@@YouD0ntSay and what's also never mentioned is the 1 million Ukrainians Germany accommodates and 200k children it schools. Every country could and should give more, but support from Germany is well in line with many other countries.
@@TigruArdavi It is. Germany also supported UA since 2014 with +10bn, whilst many others only began doing so in 2022. These braggers should "leave the church in the village" to qupte an old German proverb 😎😎😎
Except russia doesnt have enough fridges anymore to provide chips for your „super modern“ missiles 😂😂😂😂 western technology is so far ahead man, i love it ❤️
I support Russia from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. Ukrainian lost in this war 6 month ago. Now Russia fighting against 30 nato countries. I think Russia will again win. 🏆
Russia is not fighting 30 NATO countries, only some weapons from NATO countries. If Russia really had to fight against 5.4 million soldiers from 30 NATO countries, the NATO flag would already be flying over the Kremlin.
If your russian weapons are so great, then your military must really suck. 8 months have passed and you still have not yet defeated Ukraine despite all your wunderwaffen. Your military must be the must drunk and incompetent in the world. ¨ Don't you agree Ivan?
@@nattygsbord Russian air defence and artillery systems are indeed best in the world, only an idiot would argue Do you expect Russia to defeat biggest and strongest country in EU with unlimited money supply in short amount of time? It takes time. And considering that Russia lost 10 times less soldiers than Ukraine - Russia on it's way of defeating Ukraine, slow and steady
If German air defence system really work ,why American Air defence system installed in Europe?? Where is AMERICAN HIMARS SYSTEM, French Cezar hopitzer top , German leopard tanks which is given to Zelensky , are these toys are not working now or destroyed by putin ??
@@bhubankumarchhetri3311 No HIMARS have been lost in Ukraine - The Ukrainians did wooden mock-ups of the HIMARS system and left them out in the open, drawing a Russian bomb but no actual working ones were hit haha.
Ukraine just demonstrate how deficient are those air defense system. Obviously ukraine is in black out and counting . I remark that the old and cheap Russian missile are more efficient to destroy power plants gas tanks and command center than to make collateral damages ! So or the old Russian missiles are more precise that the new American missiles used in Irak or Syria or the american are making collateral damage on purpose.
@@johnnyenglish583 Per United Nations: 1,348 civilians killed confirmed where do you have your 114000 deaths ? Also I remember you that ukrainians Azofs nagis was preventing the civilian population to escape the city !
Downing 90% of "undefeatable" supersonic missels per system, nothing else to say
Why Ukraine is in darkness?
@@sethss1131 Because of Russian atrocities
Well done Germany. Respect and love from U.K.
With Ukraine having 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 supporting her, with a combined economic and military collective might - unequalled and unrivalled in all human history.
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And With Ukraine having 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇯🇵 🇮🇱 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇰🇷 as friends.
Russia doesn’t stand a chance.
Russia has already lost. It’s all over. Now it’s just how many Russian men die until someone somewhere inside the Kremlin gets this fact.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ✊
💩💩💩
Exactly
😂😂😂😂 but still they are losing 😂
@@_marwan_ They're winning.
@@xmanykl4400 nope
Mostly going unnoticed, those old Geppard tanks are also doing a wonderful job with drones and helicopters. One recently took out four Russian helicopters in a total elapsed time of 18 minutes.
According to propaganda 😂😂😂
@@justindwayneplenos9537 Ask the crews of those choppers about the propaganda. I doubt you'll get an answer.
@@unclesmrgol just pure propaganda dumdum 🤣😂🤡
Oh dear more Orcs propping up sunflowers.😂
@@vintagebollinger4439 I only saw Ukrainian made sunflower as fertilizer 😂😂😂
Germany might not be sending as much equipment as some other countries, but what they are sending ( IRIS-T, Panzerhaubize 2000....) Is the best of the best quality wise
just a shame it has taken them so long. These systems were ready to go, months before the were delivered.
@@nickwilliams7867 that's not true
At least not always
IRIS-T is a completely newly manufactured system. The German Army doesn't even have it yet. So Months ago there literally wasn't a IRIS-T system
in Germany that they could have sent
But that critic is more valid when it comes to different systems
@@marvinamann4969 They do not need the latest or greatest to shoot down these drones or aircraft. Germany said months and months ago they would send systems that were ready to go but failed to send them for months
@@nickwilliams7867 simply not true, this Iris - T system was the first to be manufactured.Even the german army does not have Iris- T. Re. Gepards, they needed to be refitted, as the systems had been in storage for many years. There are still about 20 Gepards units which need even more repair. They'll go to Ukraine when they are ready.
@@nickwilliams7867 are you a russian troll?
Germany 🇩🇪 Thank you, much love from us all in the UK 🇬🇧
Definitely dont speak for all of us you brown shirt
Greetings to our cousins in UK \England......we are family....
@@ndie8075 no we aren't family.
@@britishsaviour1549 He is talking in the context of being European neighbours with shared values, what’s the problem? And on another level, do you realise where the Saxons actually came from?
@@justinneill5003 in other news im a norman
Germanys official donation list.
30 MRAP vehicles DINGO
Iris-T SLM missles*
18 anti-drone sensors and jammers (before: 14)
18 reconnaissance drones*
5 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh*
3 lift trucks* (before: 2)
17 heavy and medium bridge systems*
22 border protection vehicles*
5 multiple rocket launchers MARS II with ammunition
14 self-propelled howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000 (joint project with the Netherlands)
2 unmanned surface vessels*
air defence system Iris-T SLM*
10 armoured recovery vehicles*
200 tents
195 generators
116.000 winter jackets
80.000 winter trousers
240.000 winter hats
100,000 first aid kits*
405,000 pre-packaged military Meals Ready
30,000 rounds ammunition 40mm*
30 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD including circa 6.000 rounds of ammunition*
13,500 projectiles 155mm
67 fridges for medical material
counter battery radar system COBRA*
4,000 rounds practice ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
54 M113 armoured personnel carriers (systems of Denmark, upgrades financed by Germany)*
53,000 rounds ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
20 laser target designators*
3,000 anti-tank weapons Panzerfaust 3 with 900 firing devices
14,900 anti-tank mines
500 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STINGER
2,700 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STRELA
22 million rounds of ammunition for fire arms
50 bunker buster missiles
100 machine gun MG3 with 500 spare barrels and breechblocks
100,000 hand grenades
5,300 explosive charges
100,000 m detonating cord and 100.000 detonators
350,000 detonators
10 anti-drone guns*
100 auto-injector devices
28,000 combat helmets
15 palettes military clothing
280 vehicles (trucks, minibuses, all-terrain vehicles)
6 palettes material for explosive ordnance disposal
125 binoculars
1,200 hospital beds
18 palettes medical material, 60 surgical lights
protective clothing, surgical masks
10,000 sleeping bags
600 safety glasses
1 radio frequency system
3,000 field telephones with 5.000 cable reels and carrying straps
1 field hospital (joint project with Estonia)*
353 night vision goggles
4 electronic anti-drone devices*
165 field glasses
medical material (inter alia back packs, compression bandages)
38 laser range finders
Diesel and gasoline (ongoing deliveries)*
10 tons AdBlue*
500 medical gauzes
MiG-29 spare parts*
30 protected vehicles*
80 pick-up trucks*
7,944 man-portable anti-tank weapons RGW 90 Matador*
6 mobile decontamination vehicles HEP 70 including decontamination material
10 HMMWV (8x ground radar capability, 2x jamming/anti drone capability)*
7 radio jammers*
8 mobile ground surveillance radars and thermal imaging cameras*
4 mobile and protected mine clearing systems*
8 electronic anti-drone devices*
1 high frequency unit with equipment*
6 MG3 for armoured recovery vehicles
Don't know why so many are saying that germany is not sending enough. Germany places on rank 3 after US ans UK.
Today IRIS-T intercepted 16 out of 16 missiles fired into its area of operation in Ukraine.
I really hope ukrain gets the best air defence available
The German Iris-T SLM is one of the best short and medium range systems.
It's comparable with the US Patriot system. Both got their pros and cons.
Patriot got more range and faster missiles. The IRIS-T is a newer system with a better radar and more precise missiles.
@@Sinista123 Patriot is far longer reach and uses radar for missile guidance, while IRIS-T uses imaging infra red sensors. They are both very capable but very different in their nature
thanks Germania
🇺🇦🙏
Nice to see Germany sending modern defence systems.I think we the west Nato need to start sending more weapons ect
The Mercedes of weaponry
Yes, much love and respect for Germany.
Great thanks to Germany 🇩🇪
Wow brilliant news from Germany...Love..Support and Best Wishes to the good people, warriors and the great leader of the Ukraine from us all in the UK ...Please stay strong ....Karma is on its way to the enemies and their supporters wait and we will see
thankyou germany
It can even detect stealth fighters or stealth bombers because it has the new passive radar from Hensoldt what has even detected the F-35. Good bye Su-57
what's passive radar?!
IRIS-T uses IRST (infrared search and track) as the name implies. So it detects the exhaust heat and goes for it. Just like an AIM-9 Sidewinder or a Stinger, but with longer range.
The cool thing about infrared is, that enemy aircraft pilots won't receive a radar-warning signal when the missile is tracking them, unlike a radar-guided SAM systems like the Russian S300.
@@SimSimon87 passive Radar from hensoldt is untouched.
They meassure the mobile phone Signals etc. and the changes within those Signals.
So they know where the drone rocket etc is located
@@SimSimon87 IRIS-T is much more sophisticated than Stinger and any version of the AIM-9M or before (AIM-9X uses a similar seeker). It uses an imaging focal plane array rather than a mechanical Rosette or conical scan . It is extremely accurate and recognizes the shape of an aircraft or missile and can attack specific portions of it (such as the canopy if desired). It can't be seduced by flares because it is tracking the shape of the target aircraft using synthetic vision. The air launched version of IRIS-T can direct hit not only Surface to Air missile but other Air to Air missiles. When air launched it can also be locked on to a tank, truck or other vehicle like the Maverick missile. Stinger uses a mechanical scan, there were plans to upgrade it using the seeker from AIM-9X but was stopped due to budget reasons. The only MANPADS with imaging seeking technology is the Japanese Keiko.
@@dullibulli9370 I'm not sure if the passive radar from Hunsoldt is accurate enough to to fire a IRIS-T (it could be, not sure) about height finding but it would allow the Active radar from Hunsoldt to be switched of and only turn on when a target was detected and only track that target. This would keep the active radar safe.
Thank you!
Germany should at least lend them the Rheinmetall Oerlikon Skyguard system to get it battle tested.
And it would be a good defense system against the Iranian drones.
everything has already been tried
And where would they get those? They don't have them themselves. And the IRIS-T also was destined for Egypt and only after several talks between Germany and Egypt, Egypt agreed to wait for a later production batch, so that the first one could be send to Ukraine.
I'm guessing Switzerland would not allow it - like with the Gepard ammunition. I guess it's now a fact that one should not buy military weaponry from Swiss manufacturers.
Finally!!!!!
Excellent! Send more! They need them.
Nice to see Germany 🇩🇪 finally stepping up their donations
Don't parrot everything you read somewhere. Germany has provided a lot of money to Ukraine from the beginning, in different forms. Learn the differences between direct bilateral aid and aid via the European Union (through German money). Aid just must not flatten out now, but must be expanded, especially militarily.
@@fangan4770 So NATO is at war with Russia?
@@rammingspeed5217 No, what makes you think that?
@@fangan4770 they have now, Poland 🇵🇱 called Germany 🇩🇪 out for doing so little at the beginning of the war.
Everyone else sent lethal aid and Germany sent helmets 🪖
Putin had the German economy by the ⚽️’s
Pleased Germany 🇩🇪 is now standing up to Putin !!!
@@chris23tg The helmets you speak of were promised to Ukraine before Russia's invasion. If you want to see exact figures, I can send you a detailed list of the material that was sent shortly after the invasion. Or just use a search engine and find out.
It goes without saying that heavy artillery and tanks were not immediately sent just because Poland demanded it.
The whole thing requires not only internal consultation, but also consultation with allies, examination of legal aspects, and, last but not least, it is a fine line. Please do not forget that Russia is the largest nuclear power. I don't think the German government had escalation in mind. Neither did Poland. Speaking of Poland, the country has become very good at pointing fingers at Germany in recent years. To a large extent, Poland is also acting out of self-interest.
The argument that Russia had a "grip" on the German economy is also self-evident. Russia is the largest producer of oil and gas in the region and has sold the raw materials cheaply. That is normal global economics. The German parties, especially the SPD, have foolishly relied for far too long on the wisdom that deep economic interconnectedness creates peace. Unfortunately, they thought wrong! If China were to attack Taiwan now, would you also blame all countries that import Chinese products?
My overall conclusion is that much of the cost is shouldered by the US and without its tireless help the European nation-states would probably have done much less. I would even argue that Germany would send tanks to Ukraine if the US would do the same.
Thanks Much!
Welldone germany!
I knew the Germans would have some good kit stashed away somewhere.
This wasn't actually stashed in anywhere, as it's a brand new system. Testing of it ended this year. Even Germany itself doesn't have it yet. Ukraine is getting the latest of the latest here, and the systems are delivered as they come out of the factory. One system can protect a middle-sized city or a hundred kilometres of frontline.
Also worth pointing out that this particular system was actually meant and built for egypt. Thankfully they agreed to a later delivery so that this system could be sent to Ukraine.
I trust this is a system that can turn the tables convincingly 👌
Please send Leopard even mk 1's
Ukraine will be the Battlefield weapons experts of the world.
Apologies for being so late; we had a hard time convincing Chancellor Scholz that he can't send those as download...
What they need is low cost, high volume, area defence.
@Advice from a stupid cat Signal jammers against inertial navigation don't work.
Finally some Vorsprung durch Technik
If you insist on converting *km* to *miles* at least do it correctly and do not add on *fake precision.* Better yet, military people understand km so you don't even need to do the conversions.
Using missiles worth millions of dollars to bring down a cheap ass drone , definitely hair defense at its highest
€400k per missile. But it is not used against drones (though it could), but against cruise missles and other high-value targets which costs much more than the missile. Furthermore: it saves infrastructure and lives. That is priceless.
This is good news for taking down the 3M-54 Kalibr missiles but I feel lower tech is required for the Shahed-136 drones. Barrage balloons and fishing nets.
Like gepard?
Gepard is perfect against them
GO UKRAINE!!!!!
Please use metric units.
Adult, modern, scientific units.
Military against civilians is evil not war
The question is: who on earth still uses imperial measurement??
viva ukraine. greetings from south africa
I think Germany should send to Ukraine the Skyguard for point protection.
Also i think, Ukraine should receive CIWSs for protection of energy infrastructure. A lot of CIWSs are being used for naval operations,but there is no problem to use them on ground operations
The NATO countries have already reacted and are supplying Ukraine massive with anti-drone weapons. and anti-drone jammer.
@@callsigndd9ls897 Iranian drones use inertial navigation. They are autonomous against stationary targets.
@@j.calvert3361 Each drone uses inertial navigation using gyroscopes, accelerometers and barometers to stabilize itself in three-dimensional space. However, the drone cannot find a target with this sensor technology. A reference signal from GPS, Glonass or Galileo satellites is always required to find a target. Unfortunately, you have no idea how drones navigate terrestrially. Aren't you ashamed to write such nonsense?
@@callsigndd9ls897 Wrong, you can send a drone ro a known location simply with inertial navigation. It's not tremendously accurate. That's how cruise missiles and IBM used to work.
@@j.calvert3361 Yes you can, but... The Germans did it with V1 and V2 in WWII. Inertial navigation plus course entry via gyrocompass and flight time calculation. They could hit a city, or at best a specific area within a city, but not an exact target. Accurate hits have only been possible since GPS was introduced. It is impossible to hit a specific building, power plant or bridge when a drone is supposed to autonomously find over a long distance target solely by inertial navigation and a given course. This always requires GPS. It doesn't matter whether it's drones, cruise missiles, rockets or intelligent artillery ammunition.
15 IRIS-T and NASAMS systems are in Ukraine which can track and destroy over 1,000 incoming missiles/artillery shells before reloading
How effective is the Iris-T against Iranian drones like the Shahed-136; how does Iris-T compare with Iron Dome, Patriot, and NASAM systems?
To be honest it is a waste to use it against Shahed-136. This is also true for the other systems you mentioned. Shahed kind of targets are better left for gun systems.
All completely different systems you just named. Comparing a Patriot to any of the others is ridiculous.
Patriots may be big and fancy, but I'd rather have an Iris-T protecting me against short-range, low-level threats.
For drones you use the gepard
@@emilsinclair4190 If there were enough Gepards. Mantis or even an FK20 would work to.
@@norbertblackrain2379 there can never be enough geparda to cover everything. This has always been the case for air defense systems
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looks very similar to the Land Ceptor system from MBDA.......
In a target rich environment supplies of replacement missiles are hugely expensive, who will foot that bill. This is an industrial war not a short skirmish against a poor third world country.
Its also a great money maker. If you have air system that combat proven and was able to shoot down cruisle missles, planes and drones. This system will make money for really long time
Each shot on a 20.000 bucks drone costs 250.000 Euros. But it hits.
economically pointless, but if we realise that drone might destroy a hospital wing, which had cost much more to build and equip, it starts to make sens. Not to mention the people who would die.
@@johnnyenglish583 that is logically consistent. But: if the aggressor sends 1.000 drones at 20.000 each his bill is 20.000.000. If you now have to shoot 1.000 missiles at a price of 250.000 you get a bill of 250.000.000 which is a significant amount of money. And you have to add all the periphery to send 1.000 rockets which makes it somehow ridiculous. Right, peoples lifes and vital infrastructure count more. So at the end situation is f...up anyway.
@@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 Yeah, that's why Israeli Iron Dome is so effective: they're able to tell where a rocket will hit and they only engage the rockets that are likely to hit inhabited areas. Here, there is just not enough radar coverage because naturally Ukraine's territory is an order of magnitude larger than Israel's.
Training, training.
Watch our for those small Irainian kamikazi drones. There is video out there of them destroying 2 Ukrainian ( Russian made) radar systems.. and it wasnt a huge explosion. But definatly made the system U/S
Those are lancet drones.They are same as switchblade with range of around 10km.Doubt any air defence can intercept them but they have a radar attack mode which can destroy an air defence system.
The Video is probably just them destroying yet another Ukrainian decoy. You can she the explosion was almost non existence, if there where real rockets in these canisters it would explode big time. There is real video out there of Ukraine hitting russian S300 and you can see the typical solid rocket fuel explosion with lots of burning chunks flying of in all direction. So the russians only hit decoys or empty canisters that the ukrainians use as bait.
One system. Be realistic.
Yeah, but how much does each missile cost?
Is there any info of how many missiles they include?
Yes but does it blend ?
Pity that Sky Sabre isn't ready to do that job too.
SkySabre is excellent but it's a pity is that British MOD prematurely scrapped the excellent Rapier systems only last year as a cost saving measure before Sky Sabre had replaced it thus leaving the UK with nothing but RAF Typhoons and a few Starstreak MANPADS and some Type 45 destroyers. If the Government had of delayed that scrapping (just mothballed or stored no even upgraded) these systems would have thrashed the Russian Air force and also provided drone and cruise missile protection. I understand its a complex decision with important maintenance procedures to batteries and even rocket motors needed.
First of all, Ukraine is only getting a grand total of four of these. Before the war, they had 72 BUK's. And three of those four are gonna be next year. Second, each missile costs some 430,000 dollars, that's a poor investment to shoot down 15,000 dollar drones. They'll do better against cruise missiles which cost a million dollars each. Thirdly, even the German Army don't have these yet, which means they are still in the experimental/testing phase. And that is probably the main reason they are there.
How often does one have to say this? They dont use them against drones but on cruise missles.
Unfortunately, the other 3 won’t even be built until next summer!
Hopefully other countries sending other systems too 🙏
@@heygeggan Ukraine is receiving several NASAMS beginning this month. They are a bit different from IRIS-T but should still be very effective guarding critical systems like power plants.
What Ukraine REALLY needs is Patriot. That is a truly great area defense system. Next best would be Israel's Iron Dome system. That is more like NASAMS but combat proven.
All of these systems are very sophisticated so they will require extensive training and (probably) manufacturer support from Poland or some other NATO country.
@@Surfbird11 imagine if Isreal could support Ukraine with air defense systems too...but I guess you prefer history repeat itself
They were built for Egypt and Germany is trying to convince the Egyptians to wait for the next batch...
the dates are different in 2023 3 more systems
What are they going to do with 4?
protect 4 big cities
Anyone know what "4" means? 4 Launcher vehicles? 4 sets of Launcher, Command, & Radar Vehicles?
4 full systems. only one has arrived so far. the 2nd one should arrive this year, the 3rd and 4th in q1 of 2023
One battery consists of on radar, one command vehicle and 3 launch vehicles. So 24 missiles ready for launch. Covering a large area.
NATO vs Russia .. popcorn 🍿 time. WWIII around the corner 😊
What the heck you think they gonna cover with only 4 units ? 4 x 25 miles radius in a country of thousend of thousend of square miles ? I can't even compute the ratio out of it.
Four frontiers, four IRIS-T's. Should help a lot
مع كنجال نتنياهو هيجيب عيال 😂😂😂
france and germany need to step up as its seems only UK, US and Poland, canada, and some other countries are done more of the supplying so far.
You're right, but if you look at the value of the equipment delivered in relation to the country's GDP, an honourable mention needs to go to the Baltic countries. In absolute terms, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia didn't send that much. But they're tiny countries and they have definitely been punching above their weight as far as weapons supplies are concerned.
@@johnnyenglish583 oh yes i know that mate i didnt include them or even chech or argentina as their economies are small. i know also demark have sent alot of stuff too. it was more to the bigger players in euorpe they should be embassed that the smaller countries have sent more than they have
Germany has overall delivered more aid than Poland and the UK. Something in your comment does not add up. I think you forgot Germany's share of the EU support to Ukraine.
@@TheGabbaKeks well from the 3 reports I've seen Germany has only given around 1bn in aid total. Sorry. USA 40bn. UK 7bn Poland 2bn and France even sent less than the every one with 190m.
@@TheGabbaKeks and every breakdown Germany has no way sent more aid to ukaine than UK. Even with the ukraine support fund added
vs. HAWK missile batteries?
Hawk is 60 years old.
Improved Hawk serves till early 2000. Protecting US Sites in Wuerzburg Region. Can't be wrong
About fn time
Yeeaa actually no😂
Oh no a German Wunderweapon being used in Europe possibly by Nutsi's ( WHat too soon?)
this is a expensive toy where's the lasers. ha thay won't send them because Ukraine been selling lots of the weapons being sent there
Only to bad one missle from this system is around 300.000 Euro vs 20.000 of a drone.
It doesn't have to be used on drones. There are other choices, but it certainly pays to take out cruise missiles and such. And as for drones, once it sees one coming, they can take out the drones with cheaper hand held launchers. I am hoping Ukraine will start launching cheap one way drones into Russia. I have read they are ready to put such a thing into production, and they the Russians will have the problem you just outlined.
What is the cost of rebuilding a tower block or power plant and fixing up the injured civilians? It is still a good deal.
Sure, but the drone might kill people or cause millions in damage to a power station. So in that sense is good value. But we do need to find better cheaper ways of dealing with these things, Bombing Crimea (where there are Iranian soldiers) and Iran itself where the factories exist would also be good
@@ericconnor8419 good point
@@thomasjamison2050 keep the faith 😂😂😂 at least you watch those propaganda all the time to justify your mind 😂😂
The range is not good enough
It's a short to middle range anti air defance. If you use a long range air defence a missile would cost $1 million against $20.000 drones
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Meanwhile it seems a few dozen drones with 30% success rate is better…
- "Meanwhile it seems a few dozen drones with 30% success rate is better…"
What exactly are you comparing? Do you mean that if you fly “a few dozen drones” into an area covered by an IRIS-T SLM system, 30 % of them get through? I find that highly doubtful, and I also doubt that you actually have any information to back up your claim. If you do, though, please share the specifics and the source with us.
Which is best? This or NASAMS??
They are both more than capable systems. However, it also depends which variant of the AMRAAM is being supplied with NASAMS.
They are both worse than old soviet c300 Ukraine had at the start of the war
Iris T definitely has the best radar (from Hensoldt). They were even able to detect the F35.
Btw dont reply to Yellow Tunes. He is a russian nazi troll trying to spread their propaganda BS.
@@yellowtunes2756 stand up commedy : ). You are a real talent.
@@ref8893 i mean, iris t has 10 times lesser range than c300, NASAMS has 30% lesser range. They are worse than c300 Ukraine had at the start
They should give Ukraine 14 of them, not four and now. Not some time in the future. They are needed now. I don't get why the Germans are so chincy.
Don't be silly, they need to be built first.
They are brand new tech, not even Germany has theirs yet.
I think are many, many, many things you don’t get. There is only ONE Iris T SLM system in the world - the one in Ukraine. It is brand new. Takes time to build more, it‘s not like Minecraft you know?
@@dude861
So true. But some just love bashing Germany, which has delivered hundreds of trucks, Biber bridge laying tanks, Büffel salvage tanks, and top notch Nato Mars-2 and ÜzH-2000 artillery systems.
No country in the world has so far delivered a single western MBT but only Germany is bashed.
The Brits have sent 36 Vietnam war era towed artillery pieces and kept celebrating themselves ever since.
I put it down to mentality. .
@@YouD0ntSay and what's also never mentioned is the 1 million Ukrainians Germany accommodates and 200k children it schools. Every country could and should give more, but support from Germany is well in line with many other countries.
@@TigruArdavi
It is. Germany also supported UA since 2014 with +10bn, whilst many others only began doing so in 2022.
These braggers should "leave the church in the village" to qupte an old German proverb 😎😎😎
Hahahahahaa 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡
🤣 the launching speed of missile says how effective it will be against Russian hypersonic missiles
Russia won't apply those.
It has only 2 left.
Except russia doesnt have enough fridges anymore to provide chips for your „super modern“ missiles 😂😂😂😂 western technology is so far ahead man, i love it ❤️
Radar range is 250km radius. Launch is fast (this was just slomo in the video). Furthermore: the missile speed is mach 3 (~3700km/s).
Germany should be Ashamed for providing so little
stop talking utter BS and inform yourself.
More scrap metal 🙄
Great job, germany should take part in the fight against evil
We provide sword and shield, Ukraine fights
Only one came. Three more to come. What will happen with such a large country only with four? It would be better to buy 100 Gepard Tanks instead.
send in 30 small drones with missles will over take any system.
This is exactly what the system is designed for. Educate yourself and don't talk rubbish
If this air defense is so good, then why recently more than 80% of houses in Kiev completely lost their water supply?😂
Nothing like a cold angry German. Nice work Putin
Hope my land germany become fully independent from russia and US so it can decide whats good for our country and not arm nazis.
Independ from US.....?...they are our partners.....and friends.....god bless America...
Ich bin mir sicher, dass Nazi-Russland keine deutschen Waffen erhalten wird!
New era you say? There’s already a bunch of videos showing these “finest” batteries getting destroyed by drones.
I support Russia from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. Ukrainian lost in this war 6 month ago. Now Russia fighting against 30 nato countries. I think Russia will again win. 🏆
Russia is not fighting 30 NATO countries, only some weapons from NATO countries. If Russia really had to fight against 5.4 million soldiers from 30 NATO countries, the NATO flag would already be flying over the Kremlin.
4?
This is the most modern air defence system in the world. It is so new that it have not yet even entered service in the German military yet.
@@nattygsbord it's a lot worse than c300. How is this "the most modern" air defence with 25km range?
If your russian weapons are so great, then your military must really suck. 8 months have passed and you still have not yet defeated Ukraine despite all your wunderwaffen. Your military must be the must drunk and incompetent in the world. ¨
Don't you agree Ivan?
@@nattygsbord Russian air defence and artillery systems are indeed best in the world, only an idiot would argue
Do you expect Russia to defeat biggest and strongest country in EU with unlimited money supply in short amount of time? It takes time. And considering that Russia lost 10 times less soldiers than Ukraine - Russia on it's way of defeating Ukraine, slow and steady
@@yellowtunes2756 I want the drugs that you are smoking. Seems to be good stuff.
another ukraine debt list is coming.
Go cry somewhere else
@The 3GS 🤡
Lol gets destroyed by kamikaze drone
If German air defence system really work ,why American Air defence system installed in Europe?? Where is AMERICAN HIMARS SYSTEM, French Cezar hopitzer top , German leopard tanks which is given to Zelensky , are these toys are not working now or destroyed by putin ??
HIMARS have been awesome in Ukraine, already there and battle tested.
GIY, the systems you are blabbering about.
@@joebloggs24 Himars destroyed by Putin, some Himars are damaged due to over fired.
@@bhubankumarchhetri3311
No HIMARS have been lost in Ukraine - The Ukrainians did wooden mock-ups of the HIMARS system and left them out in the open, drawing a Russian bomb but no actual working ones were hit haha.
@@joebloggs24 ha ha Brainwashed by western media.
Thanks Germany!!!
saw 1 getting destroyed by shahed drone
😂😂😂😂😂 you also saw russians destroy more Himars than there were ever been deployed in Ukraine. Fool.
A drone is enough to take them out.
Waste of money.
it this missile system active in Ukraine?..or Germans lie again about giveing help.
Russia is fighting NATO
Ukraine just demonstrate how deficient are those air defense system.
Obviously ukraine is in black out and counting .
I remark that the old and cheap Russian missile are more efficient to destroy power plants gas tanks and command center than to make collateral damages !
So or the old Russian missiles are more precise that the new American missiles used in Irak or Syria or the american are making collateral damage on purpose.
What you're saying is totally illogical. In Mariupol alone, the civilian losses caused by the Russians are over 114,000 people.
@@johnnyenglish583 Per United Nations:
1,348 civilians killed confirmed
where do you have your 114000 deaths ?
Also I remember you that ukrainians Azofs nagis was preventing the civilian population to escape the city !
@@lucienlescanne895 yes, yes, sure. LOL
This system sucks, they need s500 or better!
About time that Germany started contributing something significant.
Pzh, Mars II and Gepard were VERY significant so far.
Useless
Ok, Justin.
Glory to Russia glory to president Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Putin.. that pathetic little 'man' from Russia ? He's getting his sorry ass kicked in Ukraine.
*This is what a 16 year old russian looks like before they're mobilised.*
HAHAHA HAHAHA
Yes, in Hell he can have all the glory he deserves 🤨🤨‼️
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦…get some today UKRAINE👍🏿👍🏿‼️😁
THABK YOU, GERMANY