The alleged problem with the lack of ammunition in about 50 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks for Ukraine seems to be solved: According to information obtained by Business Insider from government circles, Brazil plans to sell Ukraine around 300,000 rounds of ammunition. Until now, it was only known that the Munich-based manufacturer Kraus-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), which plans to supply the vehicles, is said to have had only around 23,000 rounds of ammunition in stock, according to Bild. At a fire rate of up to 1100 rounds per minute, the supply would have been sufficient for only a few minutes.
With the offer, current concerns of the Ukrainian ambassador in Germany Andrij Melnyk should also vanish into thin air. Melnyk had pointed out to NTV on Wednesday that the anti-aircraft tanks were useless without ammunition. “If the ammunition is not procured by the German Defense Ministry in the next few days, Ukraine would probably have to do without this offer from Germany.”
Apparently, however, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry now managed to get the ammunition itself. After all, the deal between KMW and Ukraine was also bilateral, but the German government had to approve the delivery – which has since been done. Jordan and Qatar are also said to have been asked to supply ammunition. However, it is unclear whether these countries would do so.
I seem to recall that most of this ammunition either comes from or currently is in Switzerland.
And Switzerland being a neutral country apparently has strict laws against exporting military goods to any countries at war – no matter if that country is aggressor or being on the defensive.
Thus, they did not approve the export of this munition to Ukraine, neither for their own stocks nor for German stocks that originally come from Switzerland (and thus Germany requires Swiss approval to export to Ukraine).
See Brasil‘s stock was manufactured elsewhere or Bolsonaro simply ignores Swiss contract rules.
I only saw one new report to this effect and cannot rediscover it using my mobile – thus take the above with a grain of salt.
Swiss selling ammo not to be used in war is the funniest thing.
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The alleged problem with the lack of ammunition in about 50 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks for Ukraine seems to be solved: According to information obtained by Business Insider from government circles, Brazil plans to sell Ukraine around 300,000 rounds of ammunition. Until now, it was only known that the Munich-based manufacturer Kraus-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), which plans to supply the vehicles, is said to have had only around 23,000 rounds of ammunition in stock, according to Bild. At a fire rate of up to 1100 rounds per minute, the supply would have been sufficient for only a few minutes.
With the offer, current concerns of the Ukrainian ambassador in Germany Andrij Melnyk should also vanish into thin air. Melnyk had pointed out to NTV on Wednesday that the anti-aircraft tanks were useless without ammunition. “If the ammunition is not procured by the German Defense Ministry in the next few days, Ukraine would probably have to do without this offer from Germany.”
Apparently, however, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry now managed to get the ammunition itself. After all, the deal between KMW and Ukraine was also bilateral, but the German government had to approve the delivery – which has since been done. Jordan and Qatar are also said to have been asked to supply ammunition. However, it is unclear whether these countries would do so.
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I seem to recall that most of this ammunition either comes from or currently is in Switzerland.
And Switzerland being a neutral country apparently has strict laws against exporting military goods to any countries at war – no matter if that country is aggressor or being on the defensive.
Thus, they did not approve the export of this munition to Ukraine, neither for their own stocks nor for German stocks that originally come from Switzerland (and thus Germany requires Swiss approval to export to Ukraine).
See Brasil‘s stock was manufactured elsewhere or Bolsonaro simply ignores Swiss contract rules.
I only saw one new report to this effect and cannot rediscover it using my mobile – thus take the above with a grain of salt.
Swiss selling ammo not to be used in war is the funniest thing.