As the Russian offensive in the Donbass region continues to increase, the Ukrainian army has become more and more difficult to withstand, watching one town after another being breached by the Russian army, the Ukrainian government is also a little anxious at this time, asking NATO countries to increase their assistance to Ukraine, aircraft, tanks and artillery. As long as you can fight Russia. For Ukraine's request, the first to respond is the United States, after all, this conflict was provoked by the United States, how can Ukraine fail so easily? After the previous $10 billion in military aid was delivered, the United States approved a $40 billion worth of military aid to Ukraine, and the order will soon be signed.
As of now, Ukraine has received hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid, which is higher than Russia's military spending for several years, which makes Ukraine feel that it will be itself who can stand to the end. In May, in order to give the Ukrainian army a favorable position in the Donbass Armageddon, the heavy firepower provided by the United States to Ukraine was also delivered; as of May 2, 72 M777 155mm howitzers and ammunition actively served by the US army had been sent to Ukraine; in addition to Carl Gustav anti-tank shells, stinger and javelin missiles, drone jamming equipment, prago drones, and 155mm guns provided by various countries, these equipment greatly enhanced the confidence of the Ukrainian army. Therefore, the Ukrainian army, which obtained these equipment, began to "counterattack" against the Russian army.
On the 11th, the deputy minister of defense of Ukraine said that "in addition to stingers and Javelin missiles, the American M777 howitzer has been put into combat, and these equipment are enough to form 2 howitzer brigades", which means that the Ukrainian army has used these howitzers to launch a strike against the Russian army, and according to the 64-piece organization of a howitzer brigade, the number of these howitzers has reached 120. Previously, it was reported that 220 Ukrainian soldiers had completed the operational training of the M777 howitzer in Germany, and the rest were still in training, and a total of 310 Ukrainian soldiers had received training for this weapon; and according to the situation that this howitzer was operated by 5 people, a total of 60 guns could be manipulated, counting the war wear and tear and maintenance, the number of 120 guns was basically the same.
It is reported that the M777 howitzer is the world's lightest 155mm howitzer, the whole vehicle weighs less than 4 tons, and even the use of some helicopters can be transported, the mobility is greatly enhanced; before India purchased a large number of US military howitzers, it is also the mobility of this howitzer, which can be deployed at any time on the border. Due to the simple structure of this howitzer, it only takes 5 people to operate, and a digital fire control system is used, which can reach a rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute, and in the case of conventional shells, it is also possible to use the XM982 "Excalibur" 155 mm guided shell, which can accurately hit targets 25 miles (40 kilometers) away.
In the Odessa region, there have been videos of such a howitzer being transported on the road, in the eyes of the Ukrainian government, this howitzer will become a major weapon in the victory over the Russian army, in the past few days the Eastern Ukrainian militia prepared to force the crossing of the Dnieper River suffered heavy losses, perhaps caused by this howitzer.
However, this weapon came and went quickly, and on the 11th, the Ukrainian army just used this gun to launch a strike against the Russian army, and on the 13th, there was news that an M777 howitzer was suspected of being captured by the Russian army. In just a few days, a cannon sent from the United States across the ocean to Ukraine can be sent to the Russian army. It took several weeks to send the cannon from the United States to Ukraine, and the result was handed over by the Russian army in less than 3 days, this service is also too thoughtful, direct door-to-door service, for the United States this delivery of food, even if the Russian army does not give praise, Kadyrov must also give the United States a thumbs up.
Through this period of time we can find that although NATO countries have supported Ukraine with a large number of arms, but in fact there are not many in the hands of Ukraine, some of which were destroyed by the Russian army, and some of which were handed over by the Russian army, and the remaining part was taken out by the officers to sell to the Russian army, and in the hands of the Ukrainian army are those that are not easy to sell; such as the exclusive equipment of the US military, these things are easy to be found, not to mention, the use of the method must also be taught by the United States, unlike those Soviet-style equipment, The United States sent these officers backhand and sold it can be used.
I don't know when the 40 billion US dollars of military aid can be sent over, after all, these East Ukrainian militias can't wait, some time ago the continuous battles let the captured Ukrainian army equipment run out, is worried about no equipment, this 40 billion US dollars of equipment sent over, just to solve the east Ukrainian militia brothers' troubles.