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War in Ukraine The arms and military equipment Germany is sending to Ukraine

Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for security capacity building. An overview.

Wednesday, 20 November 2024

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The Patriot air defence missile system. — Air defence is one of the focus areas of the German deliveries. This picture shows the Patriot air defence missile system.

Photo: Bundeswehr/Tom Twardy

This list provides an overview of military assistance provided by the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine. This military assistance is delivered in two different ways: on the one hand there are the Federal Government funds for security capacity building, which are used to finance deliveries of military equipment and other material from industry. On the other hand, there are deliveries from Federal Armed Forces stocks. In total, the Federal Republic of Germany has so far provided or committed for future years military assistance with a value of approximately 28 billion euro.

Funds for the security capacity building initiative in 2024 alone for military assistance to Ukraine amount to approximately 7.1 billion euro. From these also Germany’s contributions to the European Peace Facility of the European Union (EPF) are financed. From the EPF expenditures for military assistance to Ukraine can be re-imbursed to EU member states¹. In addition to that there are authorisations to enter commitments in the following years currently amounting to approximately 6 billion euro.

So far already approximately 5 billion euro (2023) and approximately 1.6 billion euro (2022) were spent on military assistance to Ukraine. Additional approximately 2.9 billion euro have been committed in the first two years of the war for deliveries, which will arrive only in the years 2025 to 2028.

Since the beginning of the Russian armed attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022 Germany has delivered material from Federal Armed Forces stocks amounting to approximately 5.2 billion euro reflecting estimated replacement values. Also, more than 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have received military training in Germany. Expenses for this training so far amount to approximately 282 million euro. Additional expenses, not calculated here, result from medial treatment of injured soldiers.

So far approximately 31 million euro have been reimbursed from the EPF to Germany.

Delivered military support to Ukraine:

(Changes compared to the previous update in bold)

Armoured fighting vehicles

ammunition for infantry fighting vehicles MARDER*
73 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP)* (before: 26)
88 main battle tanks LEOPARD 1 A5* with spare parts (joint project with Denmark)
140 infantry fighting vehicles MARDER with spare parts (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
ammunition for main battle tank LEOPARD 2 (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
ammunition for main battle tank LEOPARD 1*
78 tracked all-terrain vehicles Bandvagn 206 (BV206)*
11 All Terrain Tracked Carrier Warthog (command vehicle)*
158 MG3 for LEOPARD 2, MARDER and DACHS
5 All Terrain Tracked Carrier Warthog (repair and recovery vehicle)*
66 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC)*
18 LEOPARD 2 A 6 main battle tanks with ammunition and spare parts (German share in joint project with further LEOPARD 2 operators)
50 MRAP vehicles DINGO
54 M113 armoured personnel carriers each with 2 MG and spare parts* (systems of Denmark, upgrades financed by Germany)

Air defence

14 air surveillance radar TRML-4D* (before: 13)
5 air defence systems IRIS-T SLM*
4 air defence systems IRIS-T SLS*
IRIS-T SLM missiles*
Sea Sparrow missiles
55 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD with spare parts
176,000 rounds ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
3 air defence systems PATRIOT with spare parts
PATRIOT missiles
2 air defence systems SKYNEX with ammunition*
IRIS-T SLS missiles
2 PATRIOT launchers
4,000 rounds practice ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
500 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STINGER
2,700 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STRELA

Artillery

24 self-propelled howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000 with spare parts (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*) (before: 20)
306,000 rounds 155mm ammunition (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*) (before: 265,000)
7 howitzer tubes M109 155mm*
21,000 rounds 155mm smoke/illuminating ammunition
ammunition for multiple rocket launchers MARS II
3 multiple rocket launchers HIMARS
2 wheeled self-propelled howitzer Zuzana 2* (project jointly financed with Denmark and Norway)
155mm precision guided ammunition* (SMArt, VULCANO)
5 multiple rocket launchers MARS II with ammunition (German share in joint project with USA and Great Britain)
20 rocket launchers 70mm on pick-up trucks with rockets*
counter battery radar system COBRA*
10 laser target designators and portable fire control modules for VULCANO artillery ammunition*

Drones and anti-drone systems

368 reconnaissance drones VECTOR with spare parts* (before: 348)
18 reconnaissance drones HORNET XR* (before: 6)
60 reconnaissance drones Golden Eagle*
2 reconnaissance drones VT-4 Rochen*
369 reconnaissance drones RQ-35 HEIDRUN* (before: 269)
139 reconnaissance drones SONGBIRD* (before: 19)
70 unmanned surface vessels*
200 mobile drone jammers*
88 anti-drone sensors and jammers*
70 frequency range extensions for anti-drone devices*
180 RF 360 fieldkits – drone detection systems*
19 drone detection systems*
93 drone sensors*
18 reconnaissance drones Primoco ONE*
1 LUNA NG reconnaissance system*
10 anti-drone guns*
12 electronic anti-drone devices*

Military Engineering Capabilities

27 bridge-laying tanks BEAVER with spare parts* (before: 25)
57 mine clearing tanks WISENT 1 with spare parts* (before: 54)
61 mine ploughs* (before: 58)
100 portable mine clearing systems H-PEMBS*
90 mine detectors*
12 armoured engineer vehicles DACHS with spare parts*
material for explosive ordnance disposal (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
6 High Mobility Engineer Excavators
22 armoured recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 2 with spare parts*
20 mobile, remote controlled and protected mine clearing systems*
500 tool kits with blasting material*
19 heavy and medium bridge systems and 12 trailers
5 bridges for bridge-laying tank BEAVER
2 armoured recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 3
12 mobile and protected mine clearing systems Ahlmann*

Protective and Special Equipment

8 air assault vehicles Caracal*
276 border protection vehicles* (before: 256)
52 mobile antenna mast systems*
120 laser range finders*
82 ground surveillance radars*
10 AMPS self-protection systems for helicopters*
58,000 combat helmets
331SatCom terminals*
750 night vision goggles*
IT equipment*
2,000 LED lamps*
84 outboard motors
400 IR cameras*
3 Satcom surveillance systems*
1 naval mine clearance system*
2,667 Crypto Phones*
90,600 safety glasses (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
1 PCB printer*
1 antenna hub station
1,288 binoculars
5 mobile reconnaissance systems SurveilSPIRE*
10 radio jammers*
40 laser target designators*
1 radio frequency system
3,000 field telephones with 5.000 cable reels and carrying straps
165 field glasses*
1 communications electronic scanner/jammer systems*
6 mobile decontamination vehicles HEP 70 including decontamination material
10 HMMWV (8x ground radar capability, 2x jamming/anti drone capability)*
1 high frequency unit with equipment*

Logistics

24 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh* (before: 18)
473 vehicles (trucks, minibuses, all-terrain vehicles) (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
70 tankers Zetros*
181 Pick-ups*
40 protected vehicles*
250 trucks Zetros*
90 truck tractor trains 8x8 HX81 and 90 semi-trailers*
25 trucks MAN TGS*
40 load-handling trucks 8x8
34 load-handling trucks 15t*
6 load-handling trucks 8x6 with 21 roll of containers*
14 tracked and remote controlled infantry vehicles THeMIS*

Combat Readiness and Survivability

373,000 rounds ammunition 40mm* (before: 365,000)
340 precision rifles HLR 338 with 314,000 rounds ammunition* (before: 240,000)
55.7 million rounds of ammunition for fire arms (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*) (before: 55.6 million)
233,000 tourniquets (before: 178,000)
250,000 chest seals* (before: 150,000)
16,000 man-portable anti-tank weapons RGW 90*
3,585 assault rifles MK 556*
561 rifles CR 308*
3,500 pistols SFP9*
110 machine gun MG3 with 500 spare barrels and breechblocks
655,000 first aid kits*
2 field hospitals*
93,000 smoke grenades*
100,000 m detonating cord and 115.000 detonators
350 machine guns MG5*
rescue boats*
120mm mortar ammunition*
6.132 camouflage nets (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
6,000 ponchos*
100 grenade launchers GMG*
2 emergency power generators
450 snow chains
205,000 single module group rations
medical material
10 All Terrain Tracked Carrier Warthog (ambulance)
49 ambulances*
30,000 winter clothing sets
27,477 backpacks
1,202 Infusion kits
8 dental sterilizers
2 hangar tents*
8 lift trucks*
295 generators
168 mobile heating systems*
36,400 wool blankets
14,000 sleeping bags
Mi-24 spare parts*
spare parts for heavy machine gun M2
200 tents
116,000 winter jackets
80,000 winter trousers
240,000 winter hats
320,000 pre-packaged military Meals Ready
67 fridges for medical material*
3,000 anti-tank weapons Panzerfaust 3 with 900 firing devices
14,900 anti-tank mines (9,300* from industry stocks)
50 Bunkerfaust with 15 firing devices
100,000 hand grenades
5,300 explosive charges
350,000 detonators
100 auto-injector devices
15 palettes military clothing
1,200 hospital beds
18 palettes medical material, 60 surgical lights
protective clothing, surgical masks
1 field hospital (project jointly financed with Estonia)*
Diesel and gasoline*
10 tons AdBlue*
500 medical gauzes*
MiG-29 spare parts*

PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers during a training and instruction exercise.

Photo: Bundeswehr/Mario Bähr