{"id":1911493,"date":"2023-04-07T21:12:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T01:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-sending-30mm-gun-trucks-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T21:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T01:14:03","slug":"u-s-sending-30mm-gun-trucks-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-sending-30mm-gun-trucks-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sending 30mm Gun Trucks to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-sending-30mm-gun-trucks-to-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1911493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>Anti-aircraft weapons are still important for air defense in a time when relatively inexpensive drones are posing an increasing threat to both soldiers and civilians, as demonstrated by Russia&#8217;s invasion&#8217;s of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>According to a top defence official, the United States is providing the Ukrainians with nine 30mm&#8221; weapons trucks&#8221; as part of its most recent military assistance package to eliminate Iranian-made drones like the Shahed &#8211; 131 and Khazeze helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t much information available to the public about the design of the different weapons program, the weapon trucks.<\/p>\n<p>The top protection established told reporters on Tuesday that it was&#8221; exactly what it sounds like\u2014 a 30 millimeter cannon mounted on a tractor.&#8221; &#8221; Because that involves procurement, it will take several months before we can really give Ukraine that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Subscribe to Task &#038; Purpose Today<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Get the latest military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. Army used to have an air defense system that might be comparable to the modern weapons vehicles. A six-barrel 20mm weapon that fired in burst was a part of the M167 Towed Vulcan Air Defense System, or VADS. One operator, who was seated behind the weapon and places with a range of primary radar to the operator&#8217;s right, was in charge of the ship.<\/p>\n<figure data-dimension=\"landscape\"><figcaption>FILE- On October 17, 2022, a trailer made in Iran was spotted in the sky just before it opened fire on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine. ( Associated Press \/ Efrem Lukatsky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many air defense systems, like <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/avenger-air-defense-system-ukraine-russia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the Avenger,<\/a> which consists of Stinger weapons that are typically mounted on a Humvee, have since taken the place of the VADS. According to Maj. Andrew Harshbarger, a spokeswoman for U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, American men no longer receive VADS training at the Fires Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Best Russian military commander Lt. Gen. Serhii Nayev late outlined the significance of anti-aircraft guns in the fight against Iranian-made drones that Russia has launched against Russian cities and its vital infrastructure, such as power plants.<\/p>\n<p>According to Russian marketing,&#8221; Shaheds are low-speed priorities, and for their destruction, it is necessary to use large-caliber device guns, which are more efficient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cna.org\/our-experts\/bendett-samuel\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samuel Bendett<\/a>, an advisor with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cna.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNA<\/a>, a non-profit research and analysis company in Arlington, Virginia, the 30mm weapons cars may give Ukraine if it chooses to address the threat posed by Shahed robots.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Bendett stated in Task &#038; Purpose that&#8221; essentially, the CUAS ] counter &#8211; unmanned aerial systems ] costs have to be driven down to the most cost-effective and workable solution, which the Ukrainians note is a mobile gun truck capable of taking out Shaheds.&#8221; &#8221; Some of these also have searchlights to keep an eye on Shaheds as they approach potential Russian priorities at night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Bendett, Czech individuals have already donated 15 mobile MR &#8211; 2 Viktor anti-drone systems to Ukraine, which use a pair of 14.5mm weapons to shoot down robots. In a pickup truck&#8217;s bed&#8217;s, the procedure has been mounted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bendett, who noted that a picture that surfaced from Yemen last year depicted an enormous Vulcan gun mounted in the back of savage truck, it&#8217;s possible&#8217;s that the 30mm gun systems provided by the United States could fit in if the pickup truck were the Toyota Hilux or slightly larger.<\/p>\n<figure data-dimension=\"landscape\"><figcaption>An Ukrainian National Guard member uses a handmade anti-aircraft machine gun to shoot down drones that were presented in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on November 9, 2022. ( STR \/ NurPhoto via Getty Images )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/people\/benjamin-jensen\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benjamin Jensen<\/a>, an authority on future army, entertainment, and system at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Ukrainians have found Shahed&#8217;s fly a lot like plane during World War II, such as the German Stuka swim fighter. This is one reason why anti-aircraft guns have proven to be so effective against Iranian-made drones.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to harm them in their switch direction is with laser-guided and light-assisted anti-aircraft fire, Jensen advised Task &#038; Purpose. In order to avoid it,&#8221; ostensibly put up a roof of lead, very similar to how anti-aircraft crew used to play in World War II.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In order to take down the Iranian-made drones, the Ukrainians have been welding DShK machine guns in the back of pickup trucks along with floodlights and radar programs, according to Jensen. The American-provided 30mm gun trucks are a better version of Ukraine&#8217;s military&#8217;s response to the Shahed threat.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the Ukrainians currently only receive nine weapon trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Jensen remarked,&#8221; That&#8217;s not&#8217;s a pin drop, but it is still an attempt.&#8221; The good news is that because it involves finding the vehicle, bolting the weapons program, and then integrating it with floodlights and air-search radars, this type of battlefield adaptation is simpler to scale up than, say, tanks or plane.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, given how much they cost in comparison to the Army&#8217;s short-range&#8217;s discuss defense, or SHORAD, Jensen said, the U.S. military may discover that it too needs weapon trucks to combat drones.<\/p>\n<p>Is it possible that we&#8217;ll have&#8217;ll to confront Iran? Sadly, Jensen replied,&#8221; Yes.&#8221; They have repeatedly attacked our soldiers in Iraq and Syria. 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As part of its latest military assistance package to Ukraine, the United States is providing the Ukrainians with nine 30mm \u201cgun trucks\u201d to destroy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1911494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23789,7012,5193,8797,7238,6991],"class_list":["post-1911493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-30mm","tag-gun","tag-sending","tag-trucks","tag-u-s","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1911494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}