Weapons Transfer to Ukraine: Germany Outlines Plans for 2024

26 January, 2024 Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled gun.

2023. Photo credits: Joint Force Command German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has revealed plans to supply weapons to Ukraine in 2024.

This information is available on the website of the German Ministry of Defense. The list of aid includes air defense systems, tanks, armored vehicles and ammunition. According to Pistorius, as part of military aid, Ukraine will receive:

  • - IRIS-T SLM air defense systems;
  • - Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns;
  • - more than 80 Leopard 1A5 tanks;
  • - additional artillery systems with more than 230,000 rounds of ammunition;
  • - armored personnel carriers;
  • - armored engineering vehicles;
  • - bridge-laying tanks;
  • - 450 protected vehicles;
  • - mine clearing systems;
  • - drones;
  • - radar systems;
  • - reconnaissance systems.
???????? ??? /p pIRIS-T. ???????? /p p2023. ????: Diehl Defence IRIS-T air defense system. September 2023. Photo credits: Diehl Defence

Earlier this month, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that in 2024, Germany will provide Ukraine with military goods worth more than seven billion euros.

Scholz made this statement during a telephone conversation with U.S. President Joseph Biden on January 16, 2024.

A Ukrainian soldier with shell casings for a Leopard 1 tank during exercises in Germany. August 2023.

Photo credits: Alamy Stock Photo

At the beginning of 2024, Germany handed over ammunition for Leopard 1 tanks and armored vehicles to the Ukrainian military. As previously reported, in November 2023, the Government of Ukraine signed a contract with the German company Rheinmetall to produce a new batch of Leopard 1 tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This contract is for the repair and modernization of 25 Leopard 1A5 tanks, five Bergepanzer 2 armored recovery vehicles, and two training tanks for driver training.

Leopard 1A5 tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

September 2023. Photo credits: ArmyInform

It is financed by Germany with a value in the upper-two-digit million-euro range. Delivery is due to take place in 2024.

The Leopard 1 systems are currently being overhauled and ready for use at Rheinmetall's plants in Unterluss and Kassel.

Marder 1A3 of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces during exercises.

Photo credits: Ukrainian Air Assault Forces

In addition to the preparation of Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks and special equipment based on them, the company continues to deliver the previously announced Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles.

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