![]() Taliban finding new ways to stoke regional tensions In December, Russian news agency Tass reported that Ukrainian army units shelled each other’s positions in a battle at Kremennaya, in the east Ukrainian region of Luhansk. Major Andrew Harshbarger, of the US Army’s training and doctrine command, said the idea was to enable soldiers to quickly “identify enemy equipment and distinguish the equipment from friendly forces.”īoth sides have been plagued by the problem of friendly fire. ![]() ![]() To try to overcome the challenge of identification, the US government has issued a deck of playing cards with pictures of various different pieces of hardware to help try to minimize “friendly fire” incidents.Īccording to a report in the New York Times, the deck has images of 52 different NATO-made tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks, artillery pieces and other weapons systems. And troops fighting on the ground will need to learn how to tell them apart in a confusing and fast-paced environment. Ukrainian troops need to learn how to operate the new equipment and they will need supplies and replacement parts. These modern sophisticated weapons will be key to the success of Ukraine’s spring counter-offensive which is believed to be poised to begin.īut providing all this different equipment made in different countries brings its own challenges. Other nations have or are in the process of sending anti-tank and anti-air systems, artillery pieces, drones and tanks. Germany has dispatched 14 of its renowned Leopard 2 tanks. The UK recently pledged to send 14 Challenger 2 tanks, while the US has promised 31 Abrams tanks, and is sending older models to get them to the battlefield as soon as possible. NATO members and other western countries are stepping up their supply of weapons to Ukraine.
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