PMC “Wagner” handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense more than 2 thousand pieces of equipment and weapons, including tanks, rocket launchers, artillery mounts and mortar systems. As stated in the Russian military department, we are talking about hundreds of pieces of heavy weapons: T-90, T-80 and T-72B3 tanks, Grad multiple launch rocket systems, Pantsir complexes, Gvozdika artillery mounts, “Acacia”, “Hyacinth” and “Tulip”, howitzers and anti-tank guns, mortar systems, armored personnel carriers, automotive special equipment.
The Ministry of Defense added that some of the equipment had never been used in combat conditions.
According to the agency, more than 2.5 thousand tons of various ammunition and about 20 thousand small arms were received from Wagner PMC.
Recall that the PMC “Wagner” will transfer heavy military equipment to units of the Russian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense reported at the end of June, after the events in southern Russia, which President Vladimir Putin called “an armed rebellion.”
Source: Rosbalt
Mario Twitchell is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his insightful and thought-provoking writing on a wide range of topics including general and opinion. He currently works as a writer at 247 news agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
