Fact Sheet On German Military Aid To Ukraine

By Jakub Janovsky, naalsio26, Aloha, Dan and Kemal

Contrary to popular perception, Germany has delivered significant amounts of arms and equipment to Ukraine to aid the country in its fight against the Russian military. In fact, the volume of arms deliveries by Berlin exceeds that of every other country safe for the United States. Nonetheless, Germany has faced severe criticism and even mockery for its perceived lack of support to Ukraine and its ill-fated attempts to keep its relationship with Moscow intact. While ultimately positioning itself as a reliable partner of Ukraine, it can be argued that Berlin's communication to affirm its Ukraine stance and explain foreign policy goals has been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster.

German materiel support already delivered to Ukraine includes one Patriot and two IRIS-T SLM SAM systems, two IRIS-T SLS launchers, 46 Gepard SPAAGs, five M270 MLRS, 14 PzH 2000 self-propelled guns (SPGs) along with guided artillery rounds, 18 Leopard 2A6 MBTs, 60 Marder 1A3 IFVs, 3200 man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS), close to 10.000 Panzerfaust 3 and RWG 90 MATADOR anti-tank weapons, hundreds of vehicles, nearly 22 million rounds of ammunition and a plethora of other equipment including 28.000 helmets and MiG-29 spare parts. These deliveries are soon to be followed by a further six IRIS-T SLM SAM systems, 20 IRIS-T SLS, two Skynex air defence systems, 38 Gepard SPAAGs, 40 Marder IFVs and 135 Leopard 1A5 MBTs. Berlin also contributed at least €2 billion to Ukraine's security capacity building fund with which the Ukrainian government can purchase armament from other countries, including 18 RCH-155 SPGs from German arms manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. [1] [2]

Germany has also attempted to entice other countries to send their heavy weaponry to Ukraine in a programme known as 'Ringtausch' ('exchange'). [3] Under this policy, countries can receive German armament free of charge in exchange for delivering tanks and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) from own stocks to Ukraine. Although a promising scheme at first, the 'Ringtausch' programme has largely failed to live up to expectations as most countries expect to have their Soviet-era systems replaced by larger numbers of modern weapon systems than what Berlin is currently able (or willing) to offer. Czechia is to receive fourteen Leopard 2A4s while Slovakia is similarly set to receive fifteen Leopard 2A4s along with a munitions, training, and logistics package in exchange for providing Ukraine with 30 BVP-1 IFVs. [4] [5] The Greek government supplied 40 of its BMP-1A1s to Ukraine in exchange for an equal number of German Marder IFVs and Slovenia has delivered 28 M-55S MBTs to Ukraine in return for 45 MAN 8x8 military trucks. [3]

Harsh criticism has also been directed at the delivery time of some of the arms pledged by Germany, especially for the time it would take to ready three M270 MLRS and send them to Ukraine. In fact, it is precisely because Berlin opted to go ahead with the expensive conversion required that it got scoffed at in the media and by observers of the conflict. In the meantime France, which stores some 40 227mm M270 MLRS, decided not to make the same effort (until October 2022), and as a result was spared similar public indignation. [6] Another underappreciated area has been Germany's deliveries of medical supplies and support that although not liable to attract much attention are crucial at keeping Ukraine and its soldiers in the fight.

A German-delivered M270 Mittleres Artillerieraketensystem (MARS) MLRS in Ukraine.

The following list attempts to keep track of military equipment delivered or pledged to Ukraine by Germany during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. This list is mostly based on information released by the German Bundesregierung. [8] The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag denoting the country of origin). In case the month of delivery is unknown, the delivery date is listed as 2022. This list is constantly updated as further military support is declared or uncovered.

Medical supplies for the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not included in this list but are listed here.

* Purchases by the German government from defence companies.

** Purchases by Ukraine.

(Click on the equipment type to get a picture of them when available)

Delivered

Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems (2 Systems, 1 Battery And 4 Launchers)

2 IRIS-T SLM Systems* (Three Launchers Per System) [October 2022 and April 2023]
2 IRIS-T SLS Launchers* [August 2023]
1 Patriot Battery and 2 Patriot Launchers [April 2023 and August 2023]

Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns (46)

46 Gepards* [Training started in June 2022. Delivered from July to September 2022 (30), February 2023 (2), March 2023 (2) and July 2023 (12)]

Multiple Rocket Launchers (5)

5 227mm M270 ''MARS'' [Arrived to Ukraine in July (3) and October 2022 (2)]

Laser-Guided Rocket Systems (20)

20 70mm Laser-Guided Rocket Launchers On Pick-Up Trucks [December 2022]

Self-Propelled Artillery (16)

14(+8 As Spare Parts Donors) 155mm PzH 2000s [April 2022. Training completed in May 2022. Arrived to Ukraine in June (7), July 2022 (3) and October 2022 (4)]
2 155mm ShKH Zuzana 2s [July 2023] (Joint purchase by Germany, Norway and Denmark from Slovakia)

Tanks (65+)

T-72M1s [2022] (Delivered from Czech stocks in exchange for 15 Leopard 2A4 MBTs and 1 Büffel ARV through the 'Ringtausch' programme)
28 M-55S' [October 2022] (From Slovenian stocks in exchange for 45 MAN 8x8 trucks through the 'Ringtausch' programme)
18 Leopard 2A6s [March 2023]
20 Leopard 1A5s [July and August 2023] (In cooperation with the Netherlands and Denmark)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (130)

40 BMP-1A1s [Delivered from October 2022 onwards] (From Greek stocks in exchange for 40 Marder IFVs through the 'Ringtausch' programme)
30 BVP-1s [November 2022] (From Slovak stocks in exchange for 15 Leopard 2A4 MBTs through the 'Ringtausch' programme)
60 Marder 1A3s [March and September 2023]

Armoured Personnel Carriers (82)

54 M113G3DK/G4DKs [July and August 2022] (M113s taken from Danish stocks and subsequently overhauled with German funding)
28 Bandvagn BV 206s* [June, July and August 2023]

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles (50)

50 Dingos [November and December 2022]

Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (3200)

500 FIM-92 Stingers [March 2022]
2700 9K32 Strela-2s [March 2022] (Former East German stocks)

Anti-Tank Weapons (23.800)

900 Panzerfaust 3 RPGs [2022] (Delivered along with 3000 DM72A1 (PzF 3-IT) and 50 DM32 Bunkerfaust rounds)
7.944 RGW 90 Matador RPGs** [Delivered from March 2022 onwards]
14.900 DM31 And PARM DM22 Anti-Tank Mines [2022]

Anti-Drone Systems And Jammers (176)

10 Anti-Drone Guns* [2022]
57 Anti-Drone Sensors And Jammers* [2022 and 2023] (Including 40 Frequency Range Extension Devices)
12 Electronic Anti-Drone Devices* [2022]
2 Large Anti-Drone Jamming Systems* (Installed on HMMWV IMVs) [August 2022]
1 Communications Electronic Scanner/Jammer System* [May 2023]
10 Radio Jammers* [August 2022 and July 2023]
113 Drone Detection Systems* [December 2022, February, March, June, August and September 2023]

Radars (33)

28 Ground Observer 12 Ground Surveillance Radars* (Installed on HMMWVs) [August 2022 and July and August 2023]
1 Cobra Counter-Battery Radar System* [September 2022]
4 TRML-4D [October 2022 and April, June and August 2023]
1 Satcom Surveillance System* [To Be Delivered]

(Mobile) Reconnaissance Systems (6)

5 SurveilSPIRE Mobile Reconnaissance Systems* [2022]
1 Satcom Surveillance System* [Septembr 2023]

Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (216)

104 Vectors** [June 2022, June, July and August 2023]
32 Reconnaissance UAVs* [November 2022 and March 2023]
80 RQ-35 Heidruns [July, August and September 2023]

Unmanned Ships (10)

10 Unmanned Surface Vessels* [October and November 2022]

Unmanned Vehicles (14)

7 THeMIS UGVs For Casualty Evacuation [December 2022]
7 THeMIS UGVs For Route Clearance [May 2023]

Engineering Vehicles And Equipment (80)

5 Pionierpanzer 2A1 Dachs Armoured Engineering Vehicles (AEVs) [March and July 2023]
15 Bergepanzer 2 Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARVs)* [August, October and December 2022]
2 Bergepanzer 3 Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARVs) [March 2023]
11 Brückenlegepanzer Biber Bridgelayers [November 2022 and February, May, July and September 2023]
8 Wisent 1 Mine-Clearing Tanks* [March, June, July and September 2023]
12 Remote Controlled Mine Clearance Systems* [August 2022 and January, May and June 2023]
3 GCS-200 Remote Controlled And Protected Mine Clearing Systems [January 2023]
6 HEP 70 Mobile Decontamination Vehicles [August 2022]
3 Liebherr Mobile Cranes [2022]
19 Heavy And Medium Bridge Systems Along With 12 Trailers* [November 2022 and July 2023]

Vehicles (~1187)

12 Oshkosh M1070 Heavy Equipment and Tank Transporters* [November and December 2022]
55 HX81 Heavy Equipment and Tank Transporters Along With 49 Trailers* [January, May, June, July, August and September 2023]
12 Heavy Duty Trailer Trucks [December 2022]
30 Armoured Volkswagen Amarok SUVs [2022]
40 Heavy Duty 8x8 Trucks [December 2022 and September 2023]
6 Heavy Duty 8x6 Trucks* [April and August 2023] (Including 21 Containers)
38 Load-Handling Trucks [January, February and August 2023]
200 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trucks* [January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September 2023]
297 All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), Minibuses And Trucks [2022 and 2023]
183 Pick-Up Trucks [2022 and January and May 2023]
186 Border Protection Vehicles (Iveco VM90s, Iveco ACL 90s and Renault TRM 2000s) [October, November, December and 2022, and January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September 2023]
50 Ambulances [November and December 2022]
47 Mercedez-Benz Unimog Ambulances [July and September 2023]
8 Forklifts [October, November and December 2022 and March 2023]
2 Rosenbauer Panther [December 2022]
3 Aircraft Refuelling Trucks [February 2023]
2 Dump Trucks [February 2023]
2 Water Tankers [2022/2023]
11 Tipper Trucks [2022/2023]
Mercedes-Benz Unimog Trucks [February 2023]

Small Arms (820)

220 MG 3 General-Purpose Machine Guns [2022 and 2023] (Delivered along with 500 spare barrels and breechlocks)
100 MG5 General-Purpose Machine Guns* [August 2023]
500 Heckler & Koch SFP9 Pistols [March 2023]

Ammunition

Additional Missiles For The IRIS-T SLM SAM System* [November and December 2022 and January and April 2023]
164 Missiles For The Patriot SAM Battery [April and August 2023]
294 GMLRS Unitary M31A1 Guided Rockets For The 227mm M270 ''MARS'' MLRS [July and October 2022 and March 2023]
86.122 Rounds Of 35mm Ammunition For Gepard SPAAG [Delivered from June 2022 onwards]
4000 Rounds Of 35mm Practice Ammunition For Gepard SPAAG [August 2022]
18.510 155mm Artillery Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG [Delivered from June 2022 onwards]
17.000 155mm Smoke Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG [Delivered from June 2022 onwards]
1000 155mm Illumination Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG [Delivered from June 2022 onwards]
SMArt 155 Guided Artillery Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG [Delivered from June 2022 onwards]
255+ Vulcano Guided Artillery Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG [March and June 2023]
134.592 Rounds Of 40mm Ammunition For Automatic Grenade Launchers [September and December 2022 and April, July and August 2023]
105mm Rounds For Leopard 1A5 MBT [May 2023]
120mm Rounds For Leopard 2A6 MBT [March 2023]
20mm Ammunition For Marder IFV [March 2023]
45.7 Million Rounds Of Small Arms Ammunition [2022 and 2023]
100.000 DM51/DM51A2 Hand Grenades [2022]
3000 DM72A1 (PzF 3-IT) For Panzerfaust 3 [2022]
50 DM32 Bunkerfaust Rounds For Panzerfaust 3 [2022]
(Artillery) Ammunition [March and April 2022]
5300 Explosive Charges [2022]
100.000 Metres Detonating Cord [2022] (Delivered along with 450.000 detonators)

Military Gear

28.000 Helmets [2022]
15 Palettes Worth Of Military Clothing (Including 1300 Bulletproof Vests) [2022]
116.000 Winter Jackets [2022]
80.000 Winter Trousers [2022]
240.000 Winter Hats [2022]
20.600 Safety Glasses [2022 and 2023]
1,453 Binoculars [2022 and 2023]
951 Night Vision Goggles [2022]

Miscellaneous Equipment

MiG-29 Fighter Jet Spare Parts [2022]
Mi-24 Attack Helicopter Spare Parts* [November 2022]
11 Mine-Plows For T-72 MBT [July 2023]
Leopard 2A6 MBT Spare Parts [March 2023]
Marder 1 IFV Spare Parts [March 2023]
Vector UAV Spare Parts [July 2023]
Wisent 1 Mine-Clearing Tank Spare Parts [September 2023]
M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun Spare Parts [2022]
10 Laser Designators For Vulcano Guided Artillery Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG [July 2023]
10 Fire Command Units For Vulcano Guided Artillery Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG [July 2023]
38 Laser-Range Finders [2022]
40 Laser-Designators [2022 and January 2023]
49 Mobile Antenna Mast Systems* [January, February, March, April, July and September 2023]
1 Antenna Hub Station [September 2023]
17 SatCom Terminals* [September 2023]
5 Bridges For Biber Bridgelayers [June and July 2023]
10 Containers [February 2023]
16+ Palettes Worth Of Materiel For Explosive Ordnance Disposal [2022 and 2023]
1 High Frequency Unit [August 2022]
1 Radio Frequency System [2022]
3000 Field Telephones [2022] (Delivered along with 5000 cable reels)
2 Hangar Tents* [March 2023]
200 Tents [2022]
2 Field Kitchens [2022]
1 Mobile Field Hospital* [August 2023]
14.000 Sleeping Bags [2022]
2735 Generators [2022 and 2023]
36.400 Wool Blankets [December 2022]
10 Winter Camouflage Nets [February 2023]
148 Mobile Heating Systems [November and December 2022]
416.000 Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MREs) [2022 and 2023]
Diesel And Gasoline [2022. Supplies ongoing]
10 Tonnes Of AdBlue [2022]

To Be Delivered

Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems (6 Systems And 22 Launchers)

6 IRIS-T SLM System* (Three Launchers Per System) [To be delivered]
22 IRIS-T SLS Launchers* [To be delivered]

Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns (21 SPAAGs And 2 Systems)

Self-Propelled Artillery (32)

18 155mm RCH 155s [To be delivered] (Purchased by Ukraine from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann through the security capacity building fund)
14 155mm ShKH Zuzana 2s [To be delivered] (Joint purchase by Germany, Norway and Denmark from Slovakia)

Tanks (115)

115 Leopard 1A5s [To be delivered] (In cooperation with the Netherlands and Denmark)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (40)

40 Marder 1A3s [To be delivered]

Armoured Personnel Carriers (26+)

26 Bandvagn BV 206s* [To be delivered]
Fuchs Evolutions* [To be delivered]

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles (66+)

66 BATT UMGs* [To be delivered from July 2023 onwards]

Anti-Drone Systems (80)

80 Drone Detection Systems* [To be delivered] (Including 40 Frequency Range Extension Devices)

Radars, Jammers And Reconnaissance Systems (69)

5 TRML-4Ds [To be delivered]
8 Mobile Ground Surveillance Radars And Thermal Imaging Cameras* [To Be Delivered]
30 Ground Observer 12 Ground Surveillance Radars* [To Be Delivered]
3 Drone Sensors* [To Be Delivered]
12 Communications Electronic Scanner/Jammer Systems* [To Be Delivered]
10 SurveilSPIRE Mobile Reconnaissance Systems* [To Be Delivered]

Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (482+)

121 Reconnaissance UAVs* [To Be Delivered]
324 Vectors** [To Be Delivered]
Lunas [To be delivered]
40 RQ-35 Heidruns [To be delivered]

Unmanned Ships (10)

10 Unmanned Surface Vessels* [To Be Delivered]

Engineering Vehicles And Equipment (74)

6 Bergepanzer 2 Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARVs)* [To Be Delivered]
15 Brückenlegepanzer Biber Bridgelayers [To Be Delivered]
34 Wisent 1 Mine-Clearing Tanks* [To Be Delivered]
7 GCS-200 Remote Controlled And Protected Mine Clearing Systems [To Be Delivered]
7 Protected Mine-Clearing Systems* [To Be Delivered]
2 Remote Controlled Mine Clearing Systems* [To Be Delivered]
3 Heavy And Medium Bridge Systems* [To Be Delivered]

Vehicles (720)

12 Oshkosh M1070 Heavy Equipment and Tank Transporters* [To Be Delivered]
336 Border Protection Vehicles (Iveco VM90s, Iveco ACL 90s and Renault TRM 2000s) [To Be Delivered]
39 HX81 Heavy Equipment and Tank Transporters Along With 49 Trailers* [To Be Delivered]
12 Heavy Equipment Transporters Along With 4 Trailers [December 2022]
13 Heavy Duty 8x8 Trucks [To Be Delivered]
3 Heavy Duty 8x6 Trucks* [To Be Delivered]
78 Heavy Duty Trailer Trucks* [To Be Delivered]
82 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trucks* [To Be Delivered]
10 Protected Vehicles* [To Be Delivered]
180 Trucks* [To Be Delivered]
30 Tanker Trucks* [To Be Delivered]
2 Tractors Along With 4 Trailers [To Be Delivered]

Anti-Tank Weapons (18.000)

18.000 Portable Anti-Tank Weapons [To Be Delivered]

Small Arms (100)

100 GMG Automatic Grenade Launchers* [To Be Delivered]

Ammunition

Additional Missiles For The IRIS-T SLM SAM System* [To Be Delivered]
Missiles For The IRIS-T SLS SAM System* [To Be Delivered]
22.500 155mm Artillery Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG* [To Be Delivered]
Vulcano Guided Artillery Rounds For PzH 2000 SPG*[To Be Delivered]
81.408 Rounds Of 40mm Ammunition For Automatic Grenade Launchers [To Be Delivered]
289.920 Rounds Of 35mm Ammunition For Gepard SPAAG [To Be Delivered]
105mm Rounds For Leopard 1A5 [To Be Delivered]
20mm Rounds For Marder IFV [To Be Delivered]
9.7 Million Rounds Of Small Arms Ammunition [To Be Delivered]
DM31 And/Or DM22 PARM 2 Anti-Tank Mines [To Be Delivered]