Metinvest employees showed journalists how they make mock-ups of Soviet D-20 howitzers, American M777s, Ukrainian radar systems, Lockheed Martin radars, mortar launchers, etc.
The British edition of the Financial Times published a detailed report from the Metinvest enterprise, which produces models of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Mock-ups of weapons, which cannot be distinguished from the original, are made at the Metinvest business from “off-hand materials” – plastic pipes, foam blocks, used tires and wood. Now they add more metal: when heated, it deceives Russian thermal imagers, making them think that ” the weapon “in front of them has just finished firing,” writes Christopher Miller, the publication’s correspondent in Central and Eastern Europe, in his report.
According to the journalist, Metinvest has already provided the Ukrainian Armed Forces with more than 250 prototypes of equipment.
“A senior specialist, who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons, said that they can now produce 10 to 15 units per month. According to the employee, the production of a realistic D-20 howitzer takes of four days, and the American M777 howitzer takes 14 days. The cost of each layout – from several hundred to several thousand euros. This is significantly cheaper than the most modern shells, missiles and drones used of the Russians to destroy them,” the publication writes and gives an example of how Russian troops. recently launched an X-35 missile costing about 1 million euros to destroy a dummy radar system costing $1,000.
In general, Metinvest employees showed journalists how they make mock-ups of the Soviet D-20 howitzer, American M777s, Ukrainian 35D6M radar system, Lockheed Martin Sentinel A4 radar, mortar launcher, etc.
“The dummies must be cheap and light enough to be easily transported, but realistic enough to convince Russian troops using high-tech drones that they are real targets. Our success is measured by destroying the dummies. When they hit “, it means that we saved our weapons and the lives of our soldiers, and the enemy spent expensive weapons,” the publication quoted the head of the Metinvest enterprise.
“The Metinvest group is Ukraine’s largest producer of iron ore and steel products, as well as the owner of the Azovstal and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, which were captured by Russian troops in Mariupol in the first months of the invasion. Most of The company’s shares are controlled by businessman Rinat Akhmetov, who personally supported the idea of creating models.” , – indicates the Financial Times.
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Let’s recall that the first official report that Metinvest started the serial production of military equipment and weapons models appeared at the end of summer.
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