The Authorities of Ukraine has purchased 5,100 RGW90 HH “Matador” anti-tank weapons of the German firm Dynamit Nobel Protection, as confirmed by the Bild newspaper. This Saturday, 2,650 of those weapons have already arrived, and the remainder will arrive in weekly installments till the tip of Could, as indicated by the German media.
The overall price of the anti-tank weapons would have price €25 million. They’re grenade launchers that can be utilized towards unarmored (and even armored) targets. Relying on the purpose of affect, they may take down any Russian tank. They’re additionally used for destroy army tools, boundaries, fortifications and break holes in partitions.
Within the model that’s accessible in the marketplace, the RGW90 HH makes use of a cost warhead uniquely. The weapon weighs about eight kilograms and may penetrate greater than 600 millimeters of armored metal at a fight distance of 500 meters, with successful likelihood of greater than 90 %, in response to the producer. It may be used with varied ammunition and varied optical gadgets.
For the reason that commissioning of the RGW90 HH system, a number of variations have been created, differing in scope, function, and weight. Along with the anti-tank weapons that Ukraine receives, there’s RGW90 HH-T (with a cumulative warhead to counter tanks geared up with reactive armor), RGW90 LRMP (with programmable head that explodes on contact with a goal or at a distance of 600 or 1200 meters), RGW90 ASM (with a tandem head to destroy fortifications) and RGW90 ILUM (coaching ammunition that illuminates the five hundred meter space for 40 seconds and SMOKE with smoke ammunition).