Tanks play an important role in the defence industry’s development. All in all, last year alone, the state company increased weapons production by 24% to $1.3bn. According to the results of pilot tests, the AAM missile system, Alder-M, should be adopted by the Air Force of Ukraine soon. On the sea Ukroboronprom is developing a prototype ship-based Neptune SCRC missile. The holding is looking to produce air-to-air missiles in addition. Ukroboronprom continues to produce three AN-178 aircraft – the giant “Antonov” cargo planes – commissioned by the Ministry of Defence and another AN-32P cargo plane for the Ministry of Internal Affairs that will be given to the Ukrainian National Airline. Ukroboronprom aims to increase production by 16.4% this year, UBN reported on February 10, looking to increase high-precision weapons and ammunition production by 16.4% in 2022, according to general director Yuriy Gusev. The beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War gave a new and urgent impetus to revitalise Ukraine’s defences. Ukraine’s tanks were left to rot following the collapse of the Soviet Union due to corruption and negligence. Following its break with Russia in 2014 after the annexation of the Crimea, one of the export directions identified by the state has been the sale of arms, organised under the auspices of Ukroboronprom.
The Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant State Enterprise continues to increase its orders and output. Ukraine, despite paling in comparison to its eastern neighbour, is still a significant power in terms of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles, ranked 22 in the world in terms of numbers and boasting 12,303 armoured vehicles and 2,596 tanks.Īnd Ukraine is doing what it can to bolster its tank fleet. Russia is the world’s foremost tank power, according to the website “Global Fire Power”, boasting the largest tank force of any nation on earth with 12,420 tanks and 30,122 armoured vehicles. If it comes to a fight with Russia, then the battle will be a rather one-sided affair. Long known as one of the most corrupt companies in the country, as part of the modernisation drive Ukroboronprom was put under the management of the liberal former Economics Minister Aivaras Abromavičius, who began the task of cleaning up this particular Aegean stables. Malyshev Plant State Enterprise is part of Ukraine’s extensive and respected defence sector under the Ukroboronprom holding company. The state has dedicated 5% of GDP to military spending a year – twice the Nato member norm – as it prepared for the possibility of facing Russia’s army, the most powerful in Europe. Orders at the Soviet-era factory have grown steadily in recent years as the Ukrainian government has poured money into modernising its army since fighting broke out in the east of the country in the disputed Donbas region. The workers at the Malyshev Plant State Enterprise, Ukraine’s biggest tank factory, are working flat out to complete new tanks. But as the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine looms ever larger, there is the prospect of another large tank battle but this time in the golden wheat fields of eastern Ukraine. The last time Eastern Europe saw a major clash between two large tank armies was the legendary Battle of Kursk in August 1943 at the end of WWII.
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