16 January 2024
Essential military aid by Germany
The below list provides an overview of essential military aid provided by the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine. It includes deliveries from the Federal Armed Forces, from industry and assistance measures together with partners, which have, inter alia, been financed from Federal Government funds for security capacity building.
Funding for the security capacity building initiative amounts to 5.4 billion Euros for 2023 (after 2 billion Euros for 2022) and additional authorisations to enter commitments in the following years amounting to 10.5 billion Euros. These funds are to be used primarily for essential military aid to Ukraine. At the same time, they will be used for re-filling Federal Armed Forces stocks for items delivered to Ukraine as well as for Germany’s contributions to the European Peace Facility (EPF), from which costs incurred from providing Essential military aid to Ukraine can be reimbursed to EU member states.
Essential military aid to Ukraine (Delivered):
(Changes compared to the previous update in bold)
Armoured fighting vehicles
- ammunition for main battle tank LEOPARD 1*
- 24 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC)* (before: 16)
- ammunition for LEOPARD 2 A6 (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- 90 infantry fighting vehicles MARDER with ammunition and spare parts (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- 69 tracked all-terrain vehicles Bandvagn 206 (BV206)*
- 30 main battle tanks LEOPARD 1 A5*
- 138 MG3 for LEOPARD 2, MARDER and DACHS
- 18 LEOPARD 2 A 6 main battle tanks with ammunition and spare parts (German share in joint project with further LEOPARD 2 operators)
- 50 MRAP vehicles DINGO
- 54 M113 armoured personnel carriers each with 2 MG* (systems of Denmark, upgrades financed by Germany)
Air defence
- IRIS-T SLM missiles*
- 1 air defence system SKYNEX with ammunition*
- 8 air surveillance radar TRML-4D*
- 52 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD with spare part
- 116,362 rounds ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- 2 air defence systems PATRIOT with spare parts
- PATRIOT missiles
- 3 air defence system IRIS-T SLM*
- IRIS-T SLS missiles
- 2 IRIS-T SLS launchers*
- 2 PATRIOT launchers
- 4,000 rounds practice ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
- 500-Man Portable Air Defense Systems STINGER
- 2,700 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STRELA
Artillery
- 44,970 rounds 155mm ammunition (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- ammunition for multiple rocket launchers MARS II
- 20,872 rounds 155mm smoke/illuminating ammunition
- 2-wheeled self-propelled howitzer Zuzana 2* (project jointly financed with Denmark and Norway)
- 155mm precision-guided ammunition* (SMArt, VULCANO)
- 5 multiple rocket launchers MARS II with ammunition (German share in joint project with USA and Great Britain)
- 14 self-propelled howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000 with spare parts (German share in joint project with the Netherlands)
- 20 rocket launchers 70mm on pick-up trucks with rockets*
- counter-battery radar system COBRA*
- 10 laser target designators and portable fire control modules for VULCANO artillery ammunition*
Military Engineering Capabilities
- material for explosive ordnance disposal (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- 16 mine clearing tanks WISENT 1*
- 14 bridge-laying tanks BEAVER with spare parts*
- 6 mobile, remote controlled and protected mine clearing systems*
- 250 tool kits with blasting material*
- 11 mine ploughs for T-72*
- 18 heavy and medium bridge systems and 12 trailers
- 5 bridges for bridge-laying tank BEAVER
- 15 armoured recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 2*
- 2 armoured recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 3
- 5 armoured engineer vehicles DACHS*
- 12 mobile and protected mine clearing systems Ahlmann*
Protective and Special Equipment
- 125 reconnaissance drones RQ-35 HEIDRUN* (before: 100)
- 280 SatCom terminals* (before: 230)
- 248 border protection vehicles* (before: 243)
- 33,190 combat helmets (before: 31,350)
- 500 LED lamps*
- 212 drone detection systems*
- 56 ground surveillance radars GO12*
- 162 reconnaissance drones VECTOR with spare parts*
- 4 AMPS self-protection systems for helicopters*
- 1 LUNA NG reconnaissance system*
- 50 mobile antenna mast systems*
- 63 laser range finders*
- 2,667 Crypto Phones*
- 90,600 safety glasses (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- 7 reconnaissance drones Primoco ONE*
- 20 unmanned surface vessels*
- 1 PCB printer*
- 1 antenna hub station
- 1 Satcom surveillance system*
- 1,288 binoculars
- 5 mobile reconnaissance systems SurveilSPIRE*
- 10 radio jammers*
- 57 anti-drone sensors and jammers*
- 40 frequency range extensions for anti-drone devices*
- 1 communications electronic scanner/jammer systems*
- 32 reconnaissance drones*
- 40 laser target designators*
- 10 anti-drone guns*
- 1 radio frequency system
- 3,000 field telephones with 5.000 cable reels and carrying straps
- 353 night vision goggles*
- 12 electronic anti-drone devices*
- 165 field glasses*
- 6 mobile decontamination vehicles HEP 70 including decontamination material
- 10 HMMWV (8x ground radar capability, 2x jamming/anti-drone capability)*
- 1 high-frequency unit with equipment*
Logistics
- 361 vehicles (trucks, minibuses, all-terrain vehicles) (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*) (before: 358)
- 24 tankers Zetros* (before: 8)
- 250 trucks Zetros*
- 90 truck tractor trains 8×8 HX81 and 90 semi-trailers*
- 25 trucks MAN TGS*
- 40 load-handling trucks 8×8
- 34 load-handling trucks 15t*
- 6 load-handling trucks 8×6 with 21 roll of containers*
- 14 tracked and remote-controlled infantry vehicles THeMIS*
- 179 Pick-ups*
- 12 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh*
- 30 protected vehicles*
Combat Readiness and Survivability
- 305 assault rifles MK 556*
- 47.85 million rounds of ammunition for fire arms (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- 1.162 winter camouflage nets (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
- 2,000 winter camouflage ponchos*
- 239,991 rounds ammunition 40mm*
- medical material
- 500,000 first aid kits*
- 30 grenade launchers GMG*
- 15 precision rifles HLR 338 with 60,000 rounds ammunition*
- 10 All Terrain Tracked Carrier Warthog Ambulances
- 49 ambulances*
- 30,000 winter clothing sets
- 27,477 backpacks
- 3 spare part packages for VECTOR drones
- 1,202 Infusion kits
- Spare parts WISENT
- field hospital*
- 100 machine guns MG5*
- 8 dental sterilizers
- 11,000 group module rations
- 103,000 tourniquets
- 500 pistols SFP9*
- 2 hangar tents*
- 8 lift trucks*
- 295 generators
- 168 mobile heating systems*
- 36,400 wool blankets
- 14,000 sleeping bags
- Mi-24 spare parts*
- spare parts for heavy machine gun M2
- 200 tents
- 116,000 winter jackets
- 80,000 winter trousers
- 240,000 winter hats
- 405,000 pre-packaged military Meals Ready
- 67 fridges for medical material*
- 3,000 anti-tank weapons Panzerfaust 3 with 900 firing devices
- 14,900 anti-tank mines (9,300* from industry stocks)
- 50 Bunkerfaust with 15 firing devices
- 100 machine gun MG3 with 500 spare barrels and breechblocks
- 100,000 hand grenades
- 5,300 explosive charges
- 100,000 m detonating cord and 100.000 detonators
- 350,000 detonators
- 100 auto-injector devices
- 15 palettes military clothing
- 1,200 hospital beds
- 18 palettes medical material, 60 surgical lights
- protective clothing, surgical masks
- 1 field hospital (project jointly financed with Estonia)*
- Diesel and gasoline*
- 10 tons AdBlue*
- 500 medical gauzes*
- MiG-29 spare parts*
- 7,944 man-portable anti-tank weapons RGW 90 Matador*
Military support to Ukraine in planning/execution
(due to security concerns, the Federal Government abstains from providing details on transportation modalities and dates until after the handover)
Armoured fighting vehicles
- 30 infantry fighting vehicles MARDER* (before: 10)
- 105 LEOPARD 1 A5 main battle tanks* (project jointly financed with Denmark)
- 4 tracked all-terrain vehicles Bandvagn 206 (BV206)*
- 42 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC)*
- ammunition for main battle tanks for LEOPARD 2 and LEOPARD 1*
- ammunition for infantry fighting vehicles MARDER*
Air defence
- 15 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD*
- 9 air defence systems IRIS-T SLM*
- 1 air defence system SKYNEX with ammunition*
- IRIS-T SLM/SLS missiles*
- 22 launchers IRIS-T SLS*
- 259,680 rounds of GEPARD ammunition*
Artillery
- more than 250,000 projectiles 155mm*
- 18 wheeled self-propelled howitzers RCH 155*
- 14-wheeled self-propelled howitzer Zuzana 2* (project jointly financed with Denmark and Norway)
Military Engineering Capabilities
- 250 tool kits with blasting material*
- material for explosive ordnance disposal*
- 6 armoured recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 2*
- 4 mobile, remote controlled and protected mine clearing systems*
- 12 bridge-laying tanks BEAVER*
- 2 mobile and protected mine clearing systems Ahlmann*
- 26 mine clearing tanks WISENT 1*
- 2 heavy and medium bridge systems*
Protective and Special Equipment
- 124 reconnaissance drones RQ-35 HEIDRUN*
- 27,510 combat helmets (before 26,850)
- 1,500 LED lamps*
- 50 drone detection systems*
- 725 laser range finders*
- 11 reconnaissance drones Primoco ONE*
- 12 AMPS self-protection systems for helicopters*
- 10,000 safety glasses*
- 10 mobile reconnaissance systems SurveilSPIRE*
- 263 reconnaissance drones VECTOR*
- 121 reconnaissance drones*
- 50 unmanned surface vessels*
- 2,000 portable light systems*
- 252 border protection vehicles*
- vehicle decontamination system
- 11 communications electronic scanner/jammer systems*
Logistics
- 46 tankers Zetros* (before 22)
- 20 Zetros refrigerator trucks*
- 41 Mercedes trucks*
- 2 Toyota Land Cruiser*
- 11 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh*
- 1 load-handling trucks 8×6 with 7 roll of containers*
- 2 tractors and 4 trailers*
- 10 protected vehicles*
Combat Readiness and Survivability
- 4,695 assault rifles MK 556*
- 8.75 million rounds of ammunition for fire arms*
- 8.000 anti-tank mines*
- 435 precision rifles HLR 338 with 9.9m rounds ammunition*
- 18,000 man-portable anti-tank weapons*
- 2 dental sterilizers
- 191,925 rounds ammunition 40mm for grenade launchers*
- continuing deliveries of medical material*
- 70 grenade launchers GMG*
* Deliveries from industry stocks financed by German funds for security capacity building. Some of the deliveries require upgrades or productions are ongoing; also training measures take place.
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