Thomas Theiner Tweets on Ukraine
I am in Warsaw and was quite busy the last two weeks with the preparation for and then networking at the Heart of Europe International TV Festival... so I only found the time to work through two #Pentagon Ukraine Realignment papers. So many new weapons for
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So let's begin with the coolest stuff - there is a classified Army emergency missile procurement for $187.4m... which it seems isn't GMLRS, as that is under another classified section: $71.3m of GMLRS are being acquired. So: if it isn't GMLRS... what could it be
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Let's stay with missiles: $389.9m for Javelins - $148.5m for Javelins for Ukraine, and the rest to replace USMC TOW 2A/2B missiles delivered with the Bradleys. Speaking of Bradleys: $681.6m for new M2A4 Bradleys, to free up additional M2A2 ODS and M113 for Ukraine, and also 3/n
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$61.9m Bradley ERA tiles to improve the armor of Ukraine's Bradleys and $9.8m spare parts. Also $215.7m for 25 × 137mm ammo for the Bradley's gun. This order doubles US 25mm ammo production for 2023. Let's stay with ammo, as there is one amazing round on the way to Ukraine: 4/n
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Ammo: • $146.3m small arms ammo (5.56mm, 7.62mm, 0.50) • $28.5m 40mm M433 high-explosive dual-purpose grenades • $29.2m M67 fragmentation, M18 colored smoke & M106 obscurant grenades • $12.9m for a variety of USMC grenades • $12.7m M112 and other demolition munitions, 5/n
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incl. 40 pound cratering demolition charges. But the most amazing ammo on the way to Ukraine are a whoping $134.5m in M1147 rounds for Abrams tanks! The M1147 is the US Army's most modern (!) round and specifically designed to ruthlessly butcher enemy infantry in trenches! 6/n
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Ukraine is also receiving M4A1 carbines, M240B machine guns, M2HB machine guns, M2A1 machine guns, 40mm Mk19 machine gun grenade launchers and M249 machine guns for $30.2m. And $35.1m in night vision viewers and weapon night sights, as well as $16.5m thermal sights. 7/n
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Before I come to a huge air defense surprise, a look at artillery ammo: • $72.2m charges, fuzes, primers • $357.4m M795 155mm rounds • $59.5m M982A1 Excalibur rounds • $19.2m 60mm, 81mm, 120mm mortar rounds • $13.4m for M326A1 to replace M25A1 mortars sent to Ukraine 8/n
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This is a Patriot battery's AN/MPQ-65 radar. It covers +/- 120 degrees; which is ok if you have a Patriot belt to protect your forces. But Ukraine needs to cover 360 degrees around its cities and - surprise- the US delivered a whole bunch of extra AN/MPQ-65 radars to Ukraine, 9/n
tripling the number of radars per battery! Now the Army is spending $130.4m to buy AN/MPQ-65A radars as replacement. This explains why all russians attacks on Kyiv failed. Also the US sent Ukraine an extra $53m in AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel air defense radars for the NASAMS 2. 10/n
The Pentagon also buys: • $41.3 M88A2 Hercules ARVs • $9.9m Special Operations Riverine Craft and $12.2 Light Tactical All-Terrain Vehicles (L-ATV), which were sent to Ukraine's Special Forces • $10m M1132 Stryker mine rollers • $16.7m M978A4 HEMTT fuel tankers 11/n
• $0.5m M261 Hydra rocket pods • $14.2m Hydra rockets • $34.3m Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon • $14.8m AT-4 launchers and ammo • $14.1m Mk 13 sniper rifles • $104.9m JLTVs are being acquired to replace the armored Humvees sent to Ukraine 12/n
And last but not least one more classified section: the US Navy has provided Ukraine with $80m worth of RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles for Ukraine's Buk air-defense missile launchers. The legendary FrankenSAM is alive!! I have seen it and it works :-) In the next days I will 13/n
try to find the time to work through the other three Pentagon Realignment files, with the weapons the Pentagon acquired in September. So: stay tuned and Slava Ukraini! 14/end
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