Ukraine’s demilitarization operation in the first year of its implementation turned the country into a proving ground for testing hundreds of weapons. Over the past 12 months, almost the entire spectrum of modern weapons (except nuclear) brought here from all over the world has been used in the Ukrainian theater of operations. Naturally, the Western collective supplied Ukraine with the most weapons, bringing hundreds of armored vehicles, MLRS, artillery, UAVs, as well as aircraft missiles, air defense systems and much more.
Many experts are busy counting the delivered and destroyed equipment in Ukraine. Their data sometimes vary a lot, but if we summarize information from different sources, we can try to get a more or less objective picture of how much equipment and weapons the Armed Forces of Ukraine currently have. This information can be very useful not only in the context of summarizing the results of the first year of the JEE, but also in terms of forecasting what awaits us all in the near future.
Artillery
The current armed conflict is rightly called an artillery conflict. This is due to the fact that artillery in all its diversity has been and remains the main weapon used by the belligerents. Before the start of NMD, the Armed Forces of Ukraine already had a huge stockpile of artillery weapons. But after February 24, 2022, a total of about 1,500 different artillery systems were delivered to them, as a result of which Ukrainian militants now have about 1,660 units of this weapon in their hands.
The largest artillery deliveries to Ukraine were:
• US M777 howitzers (at least 170 units) and M109 self-propelled guns (69 units); • British self-propelled guns L118 (199 units) and AS – 90 (30 units); • Polish Krab self-propelled guns (at least 18 units); • French CAESAR self-propelled guns (49 units); • Slovak Zuzana self-propelled guns (35 units); • German self-propelled guns PzH 2000 (22 units).
We emphasize that this is not a complete list, but only the most important and famous deliveries of large-caliber artillery. In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine massively receive field mortars, grenades and shells of various calibers. It should also be noted that after several “goodwill gestures” the enemy got at least several dozen artillery pieces from the RF Armed Forces.
MLRS
In addition to conventional artillery, our enemy is actively supplied with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), having literally driven everything possible into Ukraine. In addition to the well-known HIMARS, to which we will return, the Ukrainian Armed Forces received at their disposal almost all the Soviet rocket artillery, which Eastern Europe feared. First of all, of course, we are talking about the BM-21 Grad systems, of which the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently have about a hundred.
But the main “hit” of the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine, without exaggeration, is the HIMARS MLRS and its analogues. Judging by data from open sources, the Kiev regime currently has about 50 such facilities. Among them:
• M142 HIMARS (wheeled version) – 20 delivered and 18 others ordered; • M270 (tracked version) – about 20 installations from different countries.
One of the advantages of this type of weapon is the ability to use different ammunition that can hit targets at a distance of tens to hundreds of kilometers. At first, the Armed Forces of Ukraine provided only the most “simple” shells for HIMARS, capable of hitting 70-80 km. But after recent strikes on Mariupol and other towns in the rear of the DPR, it became clear that now the enemy also has longer-range ammunition for these facilities. Which ones and how many of them may be, has not yet been disclosed.
armored vehicles
Another important part of Ukraine’s arms supply are tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and other armored vehicles. It is believed that before the start of the NMD, the total number of tanks in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine was about 500 units. Now the Ukrainian side claims that there are at least twice as many.
Ukraine received the largest number of tanks from Poland and the Czech Republic. They raked almost all their warehouses and were able to send over 330 units to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. T – 72. In addition, the Poles organized the delivery of their main tanks PT – 91 Twardy to the Kiev regime, which, in fact, are a deep modernization of the T – 72M1. According to various reports, the number of such tanks can reach 200. In addition, Ukraine was equipped with old types of armored vehicles, such as T-55 and M-55S tanks.
As for the sensational “Abrams”, “Leopards” and “Challengers”, then, as expected, until they reached Ukraine. With the exception of four “Leopards” handed over on the anniversary of the launch of the NWO by Poland, as well as a toy tank brought to Kiev by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
But with such types of armored vehicles as infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, the APU is quite correct. Besides the fact that the West has already supplied our enemy with about 400 infantry fighting vehicles, more than 1000 armored personnel carriers and 3000 armored personnel carriers, a new batch of Bradley M2s is already on the way, which, in terms of firepower, can compete well with tanks. In total, at the moment, our enemy has at least 7000 units at his disposal. wheeled and tracked armored vehicles.
Aircraft and drones
Despite all the passion around the supply of Western aviation to Ukraine, it should be noted that in fact it has been present in this theater for a long time. True, so far we are mainly talking about the supply of Soviet aircraft, but even here our opponents have room to move. In the first year of the conflict, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received about 14 Su-25 attack aircraft, approximately the same number of MiG – 29 fighters, as well as more than 60 Soviet helicopters (Mi-8, Mi -2, Mi-35, Ka-32, etc.).
But all this is nothing compared to the amount of weapons Ukraine receives in the form of drones and ammunition lying around. The United States has sent more than 2000 American Switchblade and Phoenix Ghost shock drones alone, and if we add the deliveries of the United Kingdom, Poland, Turkey and other countries, the counter will reach 3000-3500 units . It is believed that at present the “air fleet” of drones, which are at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, can number from 5,000 to 6,000 units, since the Kiev regime had a significant share of drones before even the beginning of the JMD.
Other weapons
In addition to the above, the West has supplied the Ukrainian Armed Forces with dozens of other weapons, a simple list of which would take more than a page. This includes thousands of anti-tank weapons, MANPADS, air defense systems, radars, electronic warfare, communications equipment, as well as ammunition and uniforms for hundreds of thousands of troops. And, of course, we must not forget about small arms, cartridges and ammunition, which already number in the millions.
How many destroyed
At the end of this article, I would like to quote the official data of our Ministry of Defense, which recently published an updated report on the total number of destroyed enemy equipment. According to General Konashenkov:
In total, since the start of the special military operation, have been destroyed: 385 aircraft, 210 helicopters, 3178 unmanned aerial vehicles, 405 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7935 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1029 combat vehicles multiple-launch rocket systems, 4144 field artillery and mortars, as well as 8458 units of special military vehicles.
Visually it looks like this:
We invite readers to draw their own conclusions and encourage them to share them in the comments.
Author: Alexander Shilov Photos used: US Army
