Arms From Down Under: Australia’s Aid To Ukraine

 

Australia has also joined the U.S. and Canada in delivering 155mm M777 howitzers to Ukraine. A total of six M777A2 howitzers (out of 54 currently owned by Australia) were supplied in May 2022. Further military aid has consisted of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles and radar systems, although details on their type and numbers are currently lacking. [2] [3] Several thousand F88 Austeyr assault rifles and $50 million worth of lethal military equipment (said to include rockets and munitions) have also found their way to Ukraine in the past several months. [4]

In addition to providing lethal military equipment to Ukraine, Australia has also delivered ''tactical decoys'' to the Ukrainian Army. [2] These likely consist of T-72-series, BMP-series and air defence systems fabricated by the Australian company GaardTech. These decoys could lure Russian helicopters, drones and artillery into attacking them, potentially saving the real vehicle or system located closeby, and even causing Russian assets to expose themselves. Additional batches of military aid by Australia are likely as the Russo-Ukrainian War shows no sign of abating, with large numbers of M113s available for transfer as they're currently being replaced in Australian service by the Boxer IFV.

The following list attempts to keep track of military equipment delivered or pledged to Ukraine by Australia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The entries below are sorted by armament category (with a flag denoting the country of origin). Note that due to the confidential nature of some arms deliveries they can serve only as a lower bound to the total volume of weaponry delivered. This list will be updated as further military support is declared or uncovered.