Full details of the today's announcement of the latest military aid package:

From Presidential Drawdown Authority:

-One Patriot battery and munitions;
-HIMARS ammo
-500 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;
-10 120mm mortar systems and 10,000 120mm mortar rounds;
-10 82mm mortar systems;
-10 60mm mortar systems;
-37 Cougar MRAPs
-120 HMMWVs
-6 armored utility trucks;
-HARM missiles
-Precision aerial munitions;
-Over 2,700 grenade launchers and small arms;
-Claymore anti-personnel munitions;
-Demolition munitions
-Night vision devices and optics;
-Tactical secure communications systems;
-Body armor

From USAI (new purchases by the US for Ukraine)

-45,000 152mm artillery rounds;
-20,000 122mm artillery rounds;
-50,000 122mm GRAD rockets;
-100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition;
-SATCOM terminals and services;
-Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.

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Posted by StormyMcMan

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Posted on 12/21/22 at 11:53 am to GOP_Tiger

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45,000 152mm artillery rounds;
-20,000 122mm artillery rounds;
-50,000 122mm GRAD rockets;
-100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition

This is probably needed more than everything else. In a weird way this conflict looks like it is going to be more about who has bigger stores of ammunition more so than who has more bodies to put into the fight

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Posted by GOP_Tiger

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Posted on 12/21/22 at 11:57 am to GOP_Tiger

I just noticed that, after all the talk about them supposedly being included in this package, the JDAM kits aren't listed. I wonder if that ended up delayed as we work on better ways to integrate controls for Ukrainian pilots (or for some other reason).

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Posted by WeeWee

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Posted on 12/21/22 at 1:06 pm to GOP_Tiger