Prerequisite is the training of pilots, conservators, officers and non-commissioned officers, as explained by the head of the US General Staff.
The US, which announced the mission four HIMARS high-precision artillery systems in Ukraine, want to make sure that the Ukrainian military will be able to handle them properly before sending them more, said on Wednesday US General Staff, General Mark Millie.
HIMARS is an “advanced” system, it must “Certify these boys, make sure they know how to use these systems properly”, said the general on the plane that took him to Washington after a tour of Europe.
They need to be trained operators τους, οι conservators τους, οι officers and the non-commissioned officershe explained to reporters who accompanied him.
The White House announced last week the deployment of four HIMARS (light multi-role multi-role launchers adapted to light armor), a number that corresponds to a fate (artillery) with about thirty soldiers in the US Armed Forces.
THE Britain then announced the dispatch of similar MLRS systemsrocket launchers adapted to heavier armor with caterpillars.
The limited number of HIMARS and MLRS to be sent has drawn criticism as well the Ukrainians are facing great difficulties in Donbaswhere Russian forces are “more and stronger”, according to him President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The head of the American staff, however, assured that this is a choice that decided in coordination with Kyiv to supply “a squadron” of Ukrainian artillery “every time”.
With the MLRS to be sent by the British and another country, which did not name, “In a few weeks, they will have a full range of artillery”, that is, two degrees, he noted. “And we will continue on this basis in the future, depending on the decisions” of the White House, he added.
Russia warned Western countries on Monday against supplies in Kyiv long-range rocket launchers.
Military experts point out that the range of HIMARS and MLRS is much larger than that of similar Russian systems, which will allow Ukrainian forces to conduct operations artillery (i.e. against elements of their opponents’ artillery) staying out of range of Russian weapons.
