The Norwegian Armed Forces have donated 50 tracked vehicles to Ukraine – news Nordland

Since the war in Ukraine started, Norway has donated both civilian and military equipment to Ukraine. The last thing that has been sent to the country are around 50 tracked vehicles that will help Ukrainian forces to advance in rough terrain. The Government confirms this in a press release on Tuesday. The wagons were transported from Narvik, and arrived last week. The plan has been secret from the public, and just over 100 people have been involved in transporting the equipment, writes VG. Tracked transport vehicles reach terrain where wheeled trucks have to stop and are therefore an important supplement to trucks for transporting supplies. – The tracked vehicles can, for example, be used to transport ammunition, food and water to support Ukrainian forces in the field, where wheeled trucks have to stop, says Brage Wiik-Hansen, spokesperson for the Army, to news. Norwegian version of tracked vehicle The vehicle is called internationally M548, while in Norway it goes by the designation NM199. The vehicles have been in storage in the Armed Forces, but are now being maintained. The wagons will be replaced through already planned projects. They are also set up with 12.7 millimeter machine guns, which can be placed on the roof, says Wiik-Hansen. Norway has previously donated a wide range of capacities to Ukraine, such as Nasam’s air defenses and tanks. The government has also decided that Norway will donate F-16 combat aircraft. – Ukraine still has a strong need for military support in the fight against the Russian invasion forces. Norway will continue to support Ukraine as long as it is needed, says Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram (Sp). Lokalavis knew about the shipment Fremover, the newspaper from Narvik, was aware of the shipment, and has its own photos from the shipment through Narvik’s streets a couple of weeks ago. Out of consideration for the safety of both the material and the personnel who were to handle the material, the newspaper was requested by the Norwegian Defense Forces to wait to publish the information until after the material had arrived in Poland. Forward has chosen to take this into account, they themselves write in their case.



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