US to send more weapons ammunition and armored vehicles to Ukraine.

On July 25, the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's forty-third drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021 as the U.S. government has continuously provided Ukraine with the weapons and equipment it needs for the battlefield.
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Firing of a Mine Clearing Line Charge, a device badly needed by the Ukrainian army (Picture source: U.S. Army Reserve/Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood)

This 43rd commitment in security assistance, valued at up to $400 million, includes additional air defense munitions, artillery and other ammunition, armored vehicles, anti-armor weapons, and other equipment to help Ukraine counter Russia's ongoing war of aggression.

The capabilities in this package include:
1. Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
2. Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
3. Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
4. 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
5. 120mm and 60mm mortar rounds;
6. 32 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
7. Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
8. Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets;
9. Hornet Unmanned Aerial Systems;
10. Hydra-70 aircraft rockets;
11. Tactical air navigation systems;
12. Demolition munitions for obstacle clearing;
13. Over 28 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
14. Night vision devices and thermal imagery systems; and
15. Spare parts, training munitions, and other field equipment.

The United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with capabilities to meet its immediate battlefield needs and longer-term security assistance requirements.

Fact sheet on U.S. security assistance to Ukraine as of July 25, 2023

In total, the United States has committed more than $43.7 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including more than $43 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion on February 24, 2022.

United States security assistance committed to Ukraine includes: • Over 2,000 Stinger anti-aircraft systems; • Over 10,000 Javelin anti-armor systems; • Over 70,000 other anti-armor systems and munitions; • 198 155mm Howitzers and over 2,000,000 155mm artillery rounds; • Over 7,000 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds; • Over 14,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems; • 100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition; • 10,000 203mm artillery rounds; • Over 200,000 152mm artillery rounds; • Approximately 40,000 130mm artillery rounds; • 40,000 122mm artillery rounds; • 60,000 122mm GRAD rockets; • 72 105mm Howitzers and over 500,000 105mm artillery rounds; • Over 600 tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment; • 131 tactical vehicles to recover equipment; • 30 ammunition support vehicles; • 18 armored bridging systems; • 38 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ammunition; • 47 120mm mortar systems; • 10 82mm mortar systems; • 67 81mm mortar systems; • 58 60mm mortar systems; • Over 400,000 mortar rounds; • Over 6,000 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles; • Rocket launchers and ammunition; • Over 1,800,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition; • Precision-guided rockets; • 10 command post vehicles; • One Patriot air defense battery and munitions; • 12 National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and munitions; • HAWK air defense systems and munitions; • RIM-7 missiles for air defense; • 20 Avenger air defense systems; • Nine c-UAS gun trucks and ammunition; • 10 mobile c-UAS laser-guided rocket systems; • Anti-aircraft guns and ammunition; • Equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine’s air defense systems; • Equipment to sustain Ukraine’s existing air defense capabilities; • High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs); • Precision aerial munitions; • Over 6,000 Zuni aircraft rockets; • Over 10,000 Hydra-70 aircraft rockets; • Munitions for Unmanned Aerial Systems; • 20 Mi-17 helicopters; • 31 Abrams tanks; • 45 T-72B tanks; • 120mm and 105mm tank ammunition; • 186 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles; • Four Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles; • Over 2,000 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs); • Over 100 light tactical vehicles; • 68 trucks and 124 trailers to transport heavy equipment; • Eight logistics support vehicles and equipment; • 239 fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers; • 189 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers; • 300 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers; • 250 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles; • Over 500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs); • Six armored utility trucks; • Mine clearing equipment; • Over 35,000 grenade launchers and small arms; • Over 300,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades; • Over 100,000 sets of body armor and helmets; • Switchblade Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); • Phoenix Ghost UAS; • CyberLux K8 UAS; • Altius-600 UAS; • Jump-20 UAS; • Hornet UAS • Puma UAS; • Scan Eagle UAS; • Penguin UAS; • Two radars for UAS; • Laser-guided rocket systems and munitions; • Unmanned Coastal Defense Vessels; • Over 70 counter-artillery and counter-mortar radars; • 20 multi-mission radars; • Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems and equipment; • Counter air defense capability; • 21 air surveillance radars; • Two Harpoon coastal defense systems; • 62 coastal and riverine patrol boats; • Port and harbor security equipment; • M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel munitions; • Anti-tank mines; • C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment for obstacle clearing; • Obstacle emplacement equipment; • Tactical secure communications systems and support equipment; • Four satellite communications antennas; • SATCOM terminals and services; • Thousands of night vision devices, surveillance systems, thermal imagery systems, optics, and laser rangefinders; • Commercial satellite imagery services; • Explosive ordnance disposal equipment and protective gear; • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment; • 200 armored medical treatment vehicles; • Medical supplies to include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment; • Electronic jamming equipment; • Field equipment, cold weather gear, generators, and spare parts; • Support for training, maintenance, and sustainment activities.

Defense News July 2023