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The Ukrainian army has begun to equip the IRIS-T SLM air defense system command posts, previously received from Germany, with additional armor. The additional armor was developed by the Ukrainian Metinvest Group and is designed to protect the IRIS-T SLM air defense system from fragments; the company does not report whether the armor protects against drones. The additional armor consists of 8 mm thick plates made of 30ХН2МА steel. When equipping the IRIS-T SLM air defense system with armor, the weight of the IRIS-T SLM command post increases by 2.6 tons. According to Metinvest, this does not affect the mobility of the system.

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Technical information about the German IRIS-T SLM air defense system used by the Ukrainian army

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The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has launched an investigation into the supply of defective 120 mm mortar shells to the Ukrainian army. It is worth noting that Ukrainian servicemen have already begun to report defective 82 mm mortar shells as well. As reported by Ukrainian soldiers themselves, the 120 mm mortar shells supplied by Ukroboronprom got stuck in the mortar barrel, fell after firing next to the mortar, or did not work at all. According to media reports, the defective batch turned out to be quite large - more than 100 thousand pieces. At the same time, Ukroboronprom, which produces these shells, accused the Ukrainian military of negligent storage of ammunition.

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