German newspaper Spiegel recently reported that Ukraine has received a new batch of weapons from Berlin.
According to newly obtained information by Spiegel, 2,450 RGW 90 anti-tank weapon systems, 1,600 DM22 anti-tank mines and 3,000 DM31 anti-tank mines have arrived in Ukraine in the past two weeks.
Ukraine has ordered and paid for the mobile anti-armor weapon RGW 90, which the Bundeswehr calls MATADOR, directly from a German manufacturer, the newspaper reported.
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Meanwhile, anti-tank mines appear to have come from the Bundeswehr stockpiles.
Modern MATADOR (Wirkmittel 90) weapons use a 90mm warhead, which can operate from a very short range (20m) to twice the current effective combat range of equivalent weapons, up to 1,200m. .
The DM22 is one of the latest versions of the German PARM terrain mine that fires a small fin stabilized missile.
The mine was mounted on a small tripod, allowing it to move through 360 degrees, raise 90 degrees and lower it -45 degrees. This mine is manually replaced and has an equip delay of five minutes. It can be detonated by command or by a fiber optic trigger cable, which activates the mine when it is crushed.
DM31 is an anti-tank mine using electronic fuel. The mine is circular, with a large Misznay Schardin effect warhead in the center of the mine, with the sensing and fueling electronics located in dead space above the primary charge.
