🇩🇪🇺🇦From German Engineering to Battlefield Reality: Lessons from Wisent in Ukraine
When Germany delivered the Wisent engineering vehicle to Ukraine, it was more than equipment transfer. It was the beginning of a real-time learning cycle under combat conditions.🧵👇
2 / Wisent — based on the Leopard 1A platform — is designed to restore mobility under fire. In Ukraine, that capability is tested daily.
“As soon as we hit a minefield, Wisent goes first,” says Oleksii, a Ukrainian instructor who trained in Germany.
“It clears a path by pushing mines aside with its teeth. Then it reverses on its own tracks — and armored vehicles follow.”
3 / Lesson learned #1: Mobility is survival.
In modern warfare, breaching minefields quickly determines whether an assault succeeds or stalls under artillery and drone fire.
Wisent often works in tandem with the German Biber bridge-layer.
“If there’s a mined area and a trench or river ahead, Wisent clears the way. Then Biber deploys the bridge. It’s teamwork,” Oleksii explains.
The russians have already lost 15 #T90M tanks in 🇺🇦 -
Andriy Rudyk, representative of the Center for the Research of Trophy and Prospective Weapons and Military Equipment of @GeneralStaffUA, during a briefing at @MilMediaCenter.
👉Media #announcement!
A briefing on the failed 🇷🇺 T-90M main battle tank with the participation of representatives of the Centre for Research on Trophy and Advanced Weapons will take place on March 16, 11:00 a.m., in the Military Media Center.
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Elements of the #T90M tank will be demonstrated at the briefing.
❗️Accreditation for media representatives is required and will be available until March 15, 6:00 p.m. Accreditation applications can be sent to psmodu@post.mil.gov.ua
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and must include: the name and surname of the media representative, the name of the media, AFU accreditation press pass number, the telephone number.
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Vadym is one of those who was trained in 🇩🇪 and now destroys 🇷🇺 missiles and drones with the help of the modern #IrisT system.
📸 Anastasia Olekhnovych.
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The 🇩🇪 system is really modern, powerful and effective. Already during the first baptism of fire in October last year, the system shot down 100 percent ✅ of the targets, these are mostly cruise missiles, - says the anti-aircraft gunner.
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Our "#BukM1" destroyed 10 🇷🇺 targets - #Mi24 helicopters, #Su30, #Su35 aircraft. At first we were stationed in the #Chornobyl area, then we moved to another one. When they offered to go to study in 🇩🇪 and learn new technology, Vadym agreed without thinking.
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❗️Результати восьмої зустрічі у форматі «Рамштайн»
👉Сьогодні на авіабазі Рамштайн в Німеччині відбулася чергова зустріч Контактної групи з питань оборони України, де зокрема було погоджено надання Україні нового пакета військової допомоги для боротьби з російськими окупантами.
📌Під час підсумкової пресконференції міністра оборони США Ллойда Остіна та голови Об’єднаного комітету начальників штабів США генерала Марка Міллі було підбито підсумки.
☝️Ллойд Остін подякував представникам Міністерства оборони України, зокрема «своєму гарному другові, міністру оборони України Олексію Резнікову».