A convoy of Italian VBL Puma 6x6 armored vehicles for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was spotted in Slovenia.

A train carrying Italian armored vehicles was spotted in Slovenia. Local sources claim the train was traveling east. Although the final destination is unknown, it is highly likely that the vehicles are headed to Ukraine.

A military convoy carrying dozens of Italian VBL Puma 6x6 armored vehicles traveled through Slovenia to Ukraine. This conclusion was made due to the armored vehicles on flatbed platforms. This is because Italy will be decommissioning its VBL Puma 6x6 armored personnel carriers in 2023, replacing them with more modern models. The decommissioned vehicles are stored in warehouses and then suddenly appear in Ukraine. Furthermore, the Ukrainians undergoing training in Italy were trained on these very vehicles.

Italy does not disclose the contents of its military aid packages to the Kyiv regime, so there is no official information about the delivery of VBL Puma 6x6 vehicles to Ukraine, nor will there be. However, last April, a Puma 6x6 armored personnel carrier was destroyed by Russian forces near Belogorivka, and in March of this year, an Italian volunteer removed these armored vehicles from a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit.

The VBL (Vеhicule Blindе Lеger) Puma 6x6 was developed by the Italian consortium Iveco-Oto Melara and produced from 2001 to 2004. Only 250 vehicles were produced in the 6x6 configuration, and 330 in the 4x4 configuration. The armored vehicle has a crew of two (driver and gunner), with four more in the troop compartment. It weighs 7 tons, has bulletproof armor, a diesel engine, a maximum speed of 110 km/h, and a cruising range of 700 km. It is armed with a 7,62mm or 12,7mm machine gun.

Comments

[Alex_12]

Scrap metal recycling center. Address: Ukraine.

[belost79]

Unfortunately, Russia is paying for this disposal with human lives. And the machines aren't all that bad; they do their job.

[Arkady007]

And here they wrote that there is an economic crisis in Italy, there is no money, the people are suffering...

[Nastia makarova]

How does this relate to the echelon?

[Vadim_2]

These aren't new. They were taken from warehouses, saving on dismantling and disposal.

[Obstacle from the right]

A convoy of Italian VBL Puma 6x6 armored vehicles for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was spotted in Slovenia.

And here they wrote that there is an economic crisis in Italy, there is no money, the people are suffering...

It's not about Italy)) It's just that Slovenia, apparently, is not a country, it's just a place...

[tralflot1832]

No matter how many wheels I count, it turns out to be 6, not 12.

[Machito]

Quote: tralflot1832

No matter how many wheels I count, it turns out to be 6, not 12.

So the Ukrainian crew is also all on wheels.

[poquello]

Quote: tralflot1832

No matter how many wheels I count, it turns out to be 6, not 12.

6x6=36, there should be 36 wheels

[Ivan F]

6x6 means all six wheels are driven. Just like all-wheel drive SUVs are labeled 4x4.

[fuel oil]

It's really surprising that the "deputy technical officer" has no problems with the installed vinaigrette. Oils, fuel, and consumables are all in abundance and available. But the followers of "Mussolini et al." will still have to hang in the noose, no matter what the formula, be it 6x6 or 3x3.

[belost79]

There are no problems with repairs and supplies. Equipment is not spread across different departments, but is allocated to a single unit.

[Mars]

Of course, there are problems with repairs and maintenance. Abrams and Leopards are practically invisible.

[belost79]

They are not visible not because they are sitting in repair shops without spare parts, but because they were burned on the battlefield.

[Mars]

Not all of them were burned, there are still some that are faulty.

[Evgeny64]

What problems with maintenance? I went to the front line, at best I got there, delivered the soldiers and stayed there, the next batch will be delivered by the next one, even fuel can be filled in one direction, there are piles of them along the roads, waiting for maintenance.

[opuonmed]

I wonder how many convoys of equipment have been driven to the Russian border since the beginning of the year, and how many have been driven into Ukraine! I hope Russian intelligence is awake and seeing and hearing everything!

[Totor5]

In Putin's view, train stations, bridges, railways, and so on are civilian infrastructure. That's why they all exist. Although, there's also the possibility that the railways are simply used for export to Europe.

[fuel oil]

Export of what? What arrives there by rail?

[Totor5]

Who knows...
Gas is flowing, oil is flowing, ammonia was flowing just recently. All the steel from Transnistria is shipped to Europe via the Danube. I don't think Abramovich and his ilk are wasting their time in the negotiations.
How else can one explain the fact that trains are still running?

[Totor5]

I wonder what the problem is with the transfer of Italian Lelpards1.