U.S. Supplied Military Equipment To Ukraine Is Falling Apart

An aging U.S. Humvee with worn out tires near Ukrainian front lines. on Nov. 6. (Thomas Gibbons-Neff/The Washington Post)

Washington Post: On Ukraine’s front lines, U.S.-supplied equipment is falling apart

The United States has delivered more than $260 million in non-lethal military equipment to help the government of Ukraine in its fight against a Russian-backed insurgency, but some of the U.S.-supplied gear meant to protect and transport Ukrainian military forces is little more than junk.

On the outskirts of the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, for example, one Ukrainian special forces unit is using U.S.-supplied Humvees dating from the late 1980s and early 1990s, based on serial numbers on the vehicles.

Three of the Humvees had plastic doors and windows — barely any protection at all. The tires on one of the trucks blew apart after driving only a few hundred kilometers, the result of sitting in a warehouse too long, said one mechanic.

Another infantry unit of approximately 120 men received from the Pentagon a single bulletproof vest — a type that U.S. troops stopped using in combat during the mid-2000s.

WNU Editor: U.S. military aid to Ukraine has always been a joke .... something that I have pointed more than once in this blog. From sending second-hand crap from Afghanistan .... U.S. Preparing To Transfer It's Afghan Military Gear To Ukraine Over The Objections Of The Kabul Government, to taking forever in delivering the simple basics like tires .... U.S. Aid To Ukraine Is Moving At A 'Snails Pace'. And then there is the problem and long history and culture of corruption in the Ukraine military .... Corruption Destroyed The Ukraine Military .... a problem that even the best U.S. weapons cannot correct.
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