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More Western-made anti-tank weapons which were recently supplied to Kiev forces have been captured by the Russian military.
On April 30, Russian sources shared photos of several Western-made guided and unguided anti-tank weapons which were captured by a Russian military unit from Kiev forces near the city of Soledar in the Donbass region.
The weapons included:
- Two US-made FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles;
- Six British-made NLAW anti-tank missiles;
- Nine Swedish-made AT4 recoilless anti-tank weapons;
- Three Spanish-made C90-CR anti-tank weapon;
- A Swedish-made Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless refile;
- A US-made M72 LAW anti-tank weapon;
- A US-made SMAW-D bunker buster weapon;
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Western states have supplied Kiev forces with more than 60,000 anti-tank weapons since the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. The biggest suppliers were the US and the UK. There is still no detailed information on the effectiveness of these weapons.
Many of the anti-tank weapons supplied by the West have been already destroyed or captured by the Russian military and the armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
All captured Western-made weapons are usually handed over to DPR and LPR forces who then use them to support their war effort in Donbass.
