Soldiers of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade have recently received American Cougar armored vehicles of the MRAP class. The vehicles were handed over to the Ukrainian military as part of military assistance from the United States. The transfer of a batch of these armored vehicles was announced in December 2022 as part of a large military aid package from the United States worth $1.85 billion. At that time, the United States pledged to provide Ukraine with 37 such armored vehicles as part of the first delivery. The Cougar MRAP class vehicles are designed to protect the crew and engine compartment from various types of damage, including explosive devices and small arms fire. The Cougar has a V-shaped hull bottom that redirects blast wave energy away from the crew.
In addition to these armored vehicles, the soldiers of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade also received Haenel MK 556 assault rifles, donated by the German government as part of international military assistance. The rifles were originally commissioned by the German Armed Forces but had to be removed from service due to patent infringements. Furthermore, the brigade was armed with Challenger 2 tanks provided by the United Kingdom and American M1126 Stryker wheeled armored personnel carriers with a remote-controlled machine gun. The photos of the soldiers with the Cougar armored vehicles were posted online. The information about the delivery of these vehicles and rifles was reported by multiple sources, including the Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov. The transfer of Cougar armored vehicles to the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces is a part of the ongoing military aid from the United States.
ملخص الأخبار
- صور للجنود مع الآليات المدرعة نُشرت على الإنترنت.
- تم الإبلاغ في مارس من العام الماضي أن القوات الأوكرانية الجوية المظلية تلقت آليات Cougar.
- التقرير الأصلي كان يحتوي على تفاصيل حول المواصفات التقنية لهذه الآليات وطريقة حماية الطاقم من الضرر وتوجيه الطاقة.
