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Kiev forces have begun using Land-LGR4 Fletcher launchers armed with APKWS precision-guided munitions against the Russian military.
On May 7, video footage surfaced online showing recent strikes with the combined system against several Russian positions and surveillance equipment within the special military operation zone in Ukraine.
The Land-LGR4 light launcher, which can be armed with four 70 mm rockets, was designed by Germany’s Arnold Defense to be mounted on light wheeled vehicles.
In Ukraine’s case, the launcher was mounted on American-made Humvee armored vehicles and used to fire the APKWS, or Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, a kit developed by British BAE Systems in cooperation with Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics of the United States to convert Hydra 70 unguided rockets into precision-guided munitions.
When launched from the ground, the APKWS has a range of six kilometers only. The munition is equipped with a distributed aperture semi-active laser seeker that allows for a circular error probable of less than 0,5 meter.
The destructive power of the precision-guided munition is limited, as Hydra 70 rockets are typically armed with warheads weighing between 3,9 and 4,2 kg.
In May of last year, the U.S. announced its intention to supply Ukraine with tens of millions worth of APKWS munitions. Later in August, Germany said that it would provide Kiev forces with 20 70 mm rocket launchers and related laser target designators.
The decision to supply Ukraine with Land-LGR4 launchers and APKWS munitions was likely taken to make up for shortage in Western anti-tank guided missiles, as well as to help prepare Kiev forces for their upcoming large-scale offensive against the Russian military.
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An Israeli politician mediated and the result is that the leaders have agreed not to attack each other. Putin and Zelesky have agreed on a kind of armistice between the ´´elites´´´…….So once again only the hostages of the regime die on the battlefield.
Then what was the drone about over the kremlin? Seems only putin is holding up his side of the bargain.
As usual with the US and UK EU, only one side of a treaty is kept to.
sure, take your damn pills now !
I heard this too. Autonomous fighting vehicle will replace heroes. So this is a cull. This version explains all anomalies.
Horse crap.
That Just me guy says truth here.
@Just me
Exactly that’s the case. Sad christians dying in the hundred of thousands, while traitors and jews rub their hands and make great profit from prolonging and escalating the war.
Hey look at all those defenders of human rights and democracy. The skull seems to be the symbol of democracy since it is seen everywhere in the forces of good or is it?
Notice German weapons not German Soldiers, are you all in or all out…..
Meanwhile Russia is slaughtering Banderite vermin on an industrial scale with their 1,500 kilogram gliding guided bombs. and there’s nothing Ukrainian air defenses can do about it.
The Better To Eat You With Cried The Wolf In Sheeps Clothing
#ToTheWolfInSheepsClothing
Nazis do what Nazis do.
Prehnitý a skorumpovaný západ podporuje fašistov z Kyjeva!!! Musí lebo sami ich dosadili ku moci pomocou Majdanu v roku pána 2014, kedy zvrhli legitímne zvoleného prezidenta Janukovyča!!! Od vtedy fašistické svine vraždia obyvateľov Donbasu a západ na to nijak nereagoval. Nakoniec muselo zasiahnuť samotné Rusko!!! Ak by RF nebola vstúpila na Ukrajinu v rámci ŠVO tak dnes by sme boli svedkami pokračujúcej genocídy obyvateľov Donbasu. Tu zahájil fašista Porošenko keď vyhlásil ATO!!! A verím, že to nebol jeho nápad!!! Určite za tým bol darebácky štát USA a jeho vazal EU!!! Zločinecká teroristická organizácia NATO dnes všemožne podporuje fašistov z Kyjeva!!!
thats pretty pathetic firepower, my grandma could do more damage to a building than that thing,
And some people still imagine that the NAZI$ didn’t win the last war, WW2. This time Russia needs to finish the Great Patrriotic War and destroy not only the uniformed naZis but more importantly the suits that started this rump Ukrapland slaughter.
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Nazis are few, Ukraine is getting dismantled.
@Martillo
Maidan coup was initiated by US-jewess Victoria Nuland, so Russia now has to invade the USA and kill all jews. If that’s your opinion, then i am with you.
But sadly I think you want Russian christians to invade Europe and slaughter other christians. And i am no supporter of such jewish anti-christian plans.
Are you girl from Latin America?
Chaps my ass that these countries are getting away with this , not payng any price . A mistake on Putin’s part .
Germany can no longer just say “the Americans forced us to do it” This is clear agency on Germany’s part to actively conduct a war against Russia.