Ukrainian military this week began field exercises on German Gepard anti-aircraft installations. This was reported by the Lubecker Nachrichten newspaper..

More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers are at the training grounds in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Germany promised to transfer the first 15 anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine by the end of July, and the same number by the end of August..

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Gepard - German anti-aircraft self-propelled gun (ZSU).

Designed for direct cover of ground forces, destruction of air targets at slant ranges from 100 m to 4 km and at altitudes up to 3 km, flying at speeds up to 350-400 m / s, as well as ground (surface) targets at ranges up to 4500 meters from.

Various problems arose with the deliveries of the 50 "

Earlier, Germany handed over Panzerhaubitze 200 howitzers to Ukraine, they are already working at the front. Germany also promised to provide Ukraine with an advanced IRIS-T air defense system.. But it won't show up until autumn..