The U.S. Division of Protection (DoD) introduced on Friday roughly $400 million in extra safety help for Ukraine below the Ukraine Safety Help Initiative (USAI), which incorporates Guardian autos.
The DoD stated in a launch that this USAI package deal underscores the continued U.S. dedication to supporting Ukraine by assembly their most pressing wants, whereas additionally constructing the capability of Ukraine’s Armed Forces to defend its sovereignty over the long run.
Additionally famous is that this announcement represents the start of a contracting course of to offer extra precedence capabilities to Ukraine together with funding to refurbish 250 Guardian M1117 Armored Safety Autos.
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The Guardian is a evenly armored, all-wheel drive automobile developed by Textron Marine & Land Programs that gives ballistic safety for the army police crew members towards numerous small arms and fragment threats.
The 30,000 lb. automobile accommodates V-shaped armor, a turret system and is able to seating as much as 4 people with all of their fight gear. The powerpack association features a Cummins 6CTA8.3 engine of 260 horsepower driving the 2 axles and netting the automobile an operational vary of 440 miles and a highway pace most of 63 miles per hour.
The Guardian entered service in 1999 in time to see fight service in Afghanistan and Iraq.