The government says it is spending \u00a31.3bn ($1.6bn) on military support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what exactly is being sent, and how much of a difference is it making?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anti-tank weapons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The UK has sent more than 5,000 next generation light anti-tank weapons, or Nlaw, to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nlaws are designed to destroy tanks at short range with a single shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crucially for Ukraine’s armed forces who need weapons immediately, the missiles are easy to transport and simple to use. A soldier can be trained to use them in less than a day.https:\/\/emp.bbc.com\/emp\/SMPj\/2.44.15\/iframe.htmlMedia caption, Nlaw anti-tank missile used by Ukrainian forces<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many analysts believe they have already had a major impact on the course of the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Nlaw was absolutely critical to the defeat of Russian ground thrusts in the early stages of the war,” says Justin Bronk, of the Royal United Services Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The weapons have been “particularly effective” when used in combination with artillery, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He points to successful strikes on tank columns, where Nlaws have destroyed the front vehicles, trapping those to the rear for targeting with artillery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BBC News:- Thousands of frontline Ukrainian troops are now using weapons and other equipment supplied by the UK. The government says it is spending \u00a31.3bn ($1.6bn) on military support for Ukraine. So what exactly is being sent, and how much of a difference is it making? Anti-tank weapons The UK has sent more than 5,000 next generation light anti-tank weapons, or Nlaw, to Ukraine. Nlaws are designed to destroy tanks at short range with a single shot. Crucially for Ukraine’s armed forces who need weapons immediately, the missiles are easy to transport and simple to use. A soldier can be… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24766,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24764\/revisions\/24766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Graphic](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/16871\/production\/_124837229_nlaw_uk_supplied_weapon_2x640_v2-nc.png\")
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