On November 23, the States announced a new military assistance package of $ 400 million for Ukraine. In addition to the HIMARS and ammunition missiles, the Armed Forces will receive 150 large -caliber machine guns with thermal imaging sights. Their task is to counteract drones. The publication suggests that Ukraine can receive. Usually, the role of anti-aircraft agents is played by automatic M61 Vulcan 20mm caliber. However, this is above the machine gun 12. 7 and 7. 62 mm.
It is very important to fight UAVs, so you can immediately discard different infantry machine guns. Therefore, the edition suggests that the Armed Forces can obtain either M134 minigan caliber 7. 62x51 mm or GAU-19 caliber . 50 (12,7x99 mm). Both machine guns provide the possibility of installing thermal imaging sights, and thanks to very high rapid firing, they can cope with such purposes as Iranian drones-Kamikadze Shahd-136.
The M134 Minigun has a speed of up to 6,000 shots per minute, and a larger GAU-19 caliber 2,000 shots per minute. Their caliber will be enough for the destruction of both "Shahaned" and Russian "Lancets". The second machine gun will be able to impress them even more efficiently thanks to the caliber. Such a caliber can even punch with light armored equipment. We will remind, President Biden has ordered Ukraine to allocate a new military aid package for $ 400 million.
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