Tests have shown that Britain sold Kiev useless BTR. VIDEO
The AT105 Saxon armored personnel carriers, which Ukraine has purchased in the UK, failed verification, writes.
in mid-February, the Ukrainian authorities revealed that arrived in the country 20 Saxon armoured vehicles of the British production, 55 are expected to enroll. A contract for the purchase of these armoured cars was signed in 2013. The price of one Saxon is about 50 thousand dollars.
guided by published on the Internet, the Saxon armored personnel carrier was not able to cross even a small hill. Simultaneously, the Soviet-made armored vehicle BRDM coped with this task without question, writes Daily Mail.
before the former head of the land forces of Britain Richard dunnat criticised the decision to put the Saxon Armored personnel carriers Ukraine." They are completely useless, these are not fully armored trucks, which may not be very close to the front line, " said he.
"To suggest that the UK makes a wide gesture of support, sending cars that we took out of service ten years ago because they realized their unsafe at best odd, at worst downright dangerous," added Dannat.
in early March column bronemobily Saxon in the Kiev region, which eventually died one Ukrainian soldier. The military Prosecutor's office started proceedings under the item " non-observance of the driving or operating of a combat vehicle ".
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