The Army Is ‘Running a Tab’ of Equipment Sent to Ukraine
The service chief said he will ask Congress to replace “every round we send, every weapon system.”
ELIZABETH HOWE | JULY 28, 2022 12:26 PM ET
UKRAINE RUSSIA ARMY CONGRESS
U.S. Army leaders are keeping a list of the arms and gear that it sends to Ukraine with every intention of going to Congress for reimbursement. And wherever possible, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said Thursday, the Army plans to backfill with even newer equipment.
“We’re going back to Congress through the Department of Defense, and we're asking to get the resources to replenish that ammunition and those weapons systems,” McConville said during his remarks at the Association of the United States Army Warfighter Summit and Exposition. And, he added, “We don’t want to buy new old stuff.”
All the M113 armored personnel carriers that have been sent to the besieged European country will ideally be replaced with newer Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles, or AMPVs, the newest model. The donated M777 howitzers should be replaced with the self-mobile M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS.
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