M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (SMAW-D)
The plane with the second batch of US military aid arrived at the Boryspil airport, the NV edition reported 24 January 2022. The first batch of weapons with 90 tons of weapons from the US arrived on 22 January. This is the first aid package in 2022.
"Ukraine has received a new batch of military aid from Washington . We are talking about M141 Bunker Defeat Munition or SMAW-D disposable hand grenade launchers. In addition, a batch of Javelin anti-tank systems was handed over . The Pentagon showed how ammunition, weapons and other equipment are being prepared for sending to Ukraine . The website of the defense department published photos taken on January 21," the newspaper writes.
A Boeing 747 cargo plane with a new batch of American weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces on board took off from Frankfurt, flight data is also available on the Flightradar24 website.
By February 2023 Servicemen of the 14th Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great began to master the American M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (SMAW-D) grenade launchers that had recently arrived in Ukraine. According to the brigade, American instructors are teaching the military to handle the new weapons as part of the JMTG-U training mission.
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