Ukraine war updates

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Surreal scene with a Ozzy soundtrack:


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AI tech mixed with junkyard parts:






Breaking out the German tech...


"Ich bin kein Mensch, ich bin kein Tier, ich bin ein Panzergrenadier." (I am not a human being, I am not an animal, I am a Panzergrenadier)

The Marder 1A3 is an upgraded version of the Marder family of tracked armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV). The A3 upgrade program began in 1988, with Thyssen-Henschel being awarded a contract to upgrade 2,100 Marder 1 A1/A2 series vehicles to A3 standard at a rate of 220 vehicles a year. The first upgraded vehicles were delivered to the German army on 17 November 1989. In 2000, Thyssen-Henschel became Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH to continue the maintenance and upgrades of the Marder IFV family.

The Marder 1A3 is the current standard IFV used by the German armed forces but it will be replaced by the new Puma IFV in the next few years. At the end of February 2022, the German company Rheinmetall had offered to deliver 100 Marder IFVs to Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion of February 2022, as well as the ammunition necessary for the use of the vehicle.

On May 21, 2022, it was released by German media, that the German company Rheinmetall was preparing the delivery of 100 Marder 1A3 to Ukraine. On October 18, 2022, the Hellenic National Defence General Staff announced the delivery of the first six Marder 1A3 to the Hellenic army. On November 23, 2022, German company Rheinmetall confirmed the delivery of the first Marder M1A3 IFVs to the Army of Greece. On January 6, 2023, Germany confirmed the delivery to Ukraine of 40 Marder IFVs. On January 13, 2023, Germany officially confirmed a plan to deliver 40 Marder IFVs to Ukraine.

On March 4, 2023, citing information published by the German news magazine "Der Spiegel", German company Rheinmetall is ready to supply Ukraine with 100 Marder 1A3 IFVs. On March 20, 2023, the German Ministry of Defense announced that the first Marder IFVs were on the way to Ukraine. In August 2020, the German Ministry of Defense announced the delivery of 40 more Marder 1A3 IFVs to Ukraine.

On September 13, 2023, the German Ministry of Defense announced the delivery of 20 additional Marder IFVs to Ukraine. On November 22, 2023, the German Ministry of Defense announced the delivery to Ukraine of 20 additional Marder 1A3 IFVs.

Marder 1A3 IFV