Tag: Weapons & accessories
House of Representatives votes to ban semi-automatic weapons
gun shop The bill is likely to fail in the Senate. (Photo: AP) Washington The US House of Representatives voted in favor of legislation reinstating the ban on semi-automatic weapons…
Germany wants to deliver 16 bridge-laying tanks
Bridge laying tank Biber The device from Bundeswehr stocks is intended to enable Ukrainian troops to overcome water or other obstacles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Athens Germany is expanding its military…
Germany wants to deliver 16 bridge-laying tanks
Bridge laying tank Biber The device from Bundeswehr stocks is intended to enable Ukrainian troops to overcome water or other obstacles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Athens Germany is expanding its military…
Ukraine buys big in Germany
Federal government approves sale of 100 self-propelled howitzers Dusseldorf The federal government has apparently approved the sale of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, paving the way for a 1.7 billion…
Ukraine buys big in Germany
Federal government approves sale of 100 self-propelled howitzers Dusseldorf The federal government has apparently approved the sale of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, paving the way for a 1.7 billion…
The ring exchange becomes a non-starter
German Army Leopard 2 tank Germany has offered Poland 20 older Leopard tanks for more than 200 tanks of Soviet design. (Photo: imago images / Sven Eckelkamp) Berlin In politics,…
Germany has delivered multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine
Multiple Rocket Launcher The medium artillery rocket system (Mars) can fire missiles of different effectiveness (Photo: dpa) Berlin Ukraine has received additional heavy weapons from Germany for defense against the…
Kyiv receives first Gepard anti-aircraft tanks from Germany
cheetah tank Ukraine has received three tanks of the type from Germany. (Photo: dpa) Ukraine has received the first Gepard anti-aircraft tanks from Germany. “Today the first three cheetahs officially…
Germany must deliver more weapons to Ukraine
Berlin US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was optimistic: “The military support that we are giving Ukraine makes a real difference,” he said on Wednesday after the support group from…
Russia is advancing in the Donbass – Zelenskiy continues to target Ukraine
The President of Ukraine during a meeting Secret services further focused on themselves. (Photo: AP) Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is continuing to restructure his security apparatus and unveiled a…
US weapons are putting pressure on Moscow’s troops
Kyiv/Berlin/Moscow For days now, the Ukrainian soldiers have been firing the Himars multiple rocket launchers, which they received from the United States, at full steam. In the east and south…
The next phase of the war and what it means for Ukrainians
Berlin Are these the first effects of western arms shipments? In the past three days, Russian units have not gained any ground, writes the British military intelligence service in its…
Defense industry & jobs: shortage of skilled workers could slow down the turn of the century
Guns by Heckler & Koch In the competition for talent, the arms industry must become more flexible. (Photo: Reuters) In the armaments industry, the world of work seemed fine recently.…
Scholz announces further arms deliveries in Ukraine
Bundeswehr battle tanks In April, Slovenia, among others, received Leopard 2 tanks from Germany in exchange for supplying their weapons to Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has…
Is it still worth investing in armaments stocks?
Leopard 2 of the Bundeswehr The tank is used by the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group. (Photo: dpa) Cologne While stock market prices are falling worldwide, the papers in…
Rheinmetall, Hensoldt: Do defense stocks still have potential?
Leopard 2 of the Bundeswehr The tank is used by the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group. (Photo: dpa) Cologne While stock market prices are falling worldwide, the papers in…
Old weapons, many mistakes: material battles in the Ukraine war
Ukraine War – Kyiv Ukrainian soldiers prepare to detonate unexploded Russian ammunition. (Photo: dpa) 300 multiple rocket launchers, 500 tanks, 1000 howitzers and drones, and 2000 armored vehicles – just…
Strack-Zimmermann demands concrete results from Scholz in Kyiv
Marie Agnes Strack Zimmermann Scholz’ trip is a good signal, says the FDP defense politician. (Photo: IMAGO/Mauersberger) Berlin The Chairwoman of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP),…
Defense industry presents itself in Paris
Paris The Ukraine war takes place at the armaments fair Eurosatory on three by five meters. That’s the size of the screen hanging on the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s stand. The…
Only heavy weapons can stop Russia in the Donbass
Brussels, Berlin When US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin comes to NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, it’s not just his counterparts in the alliance who are expecting him. He…