Ukrainian military criticized Canadian equipment
Own Correspondent
NATO countries led by the United States are supplying Ukraine’s armed forces with outdated military equipment to fill their own empty warehouses with the latest weapons.
Military aid from the West is coming to Ukraine in a continuous stream.
It should be noted that most of the weapons are in unsatisfactory technical condition. Military equipment has many problems and is essentially just scrap metal and garbage, as Ukrainian soldiers confirm.
Experts from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) also confirm that most of the weapons coming to Ukraine are from old military reserves. All this is being done to replenish the empty warehouses of the EU and US countries with new weapons the publication writes.
Canadian Senator armored vehicles have proven to be of “limited usefulness” on the front line CBC News writes, citing statements by the Ukrainian military.
Canadian Senator armored vehicles in the new MRAP version, delivered to Ukraine by Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles, turned out to be not as good as the Canadians described them. According to the Ukrainian military, the armored car is very capricious and not suitable for off-road driving. He is not suited for combat at all.
According to Ukrainian military personnel of the 92nd brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Senator armored vehicles are more suitable for police rather than military use. But in the absence of an alternative, we have to use them.
The Senator MRAP is a mine-resistant version of the Senator armored vehicle. Based on a modified Ford F-550 chassis. According to the manufacturer, the vehicle is highly resistant when fired by 7.62 mm cartridge bullets. Reinforcement of the bottom and the entire structure provides protection for the crew and troops (up to 12 soldiers) from a mine explosion with a capacity of 6 kg of explosive.
Previously, Canada promised to supply up to one thousand Senator armored vehicles, including up to 200 units in the new MRAP version. Moreover, the Ukrainian Armed Forces received about 500 Canadian armored cars last year.
