Waldemar Geiger reports in Soldat & Technik that the Ukrainian armed forces will shortly be equipped with up to 2,650 RGW90 anti-tank missile systems from German manufacturer Dynamit Nobel Defense (DND).
The Ukrainian state bought the systems directly from DND and had them delivered to Ukraine. An export application was submitted by the manufacturer on March 18th. According to Die Welt, the approval was granted by the Ministry of Economics last weekend. According to the report, the weapon systems have already left the manufacturer’s warehouse for Ukraine.
In the version currently available on the market, the RGW90 HH (HEAT/HESH) A2 uses a 90mm-caliber mono-shaped charge warhead to destroy armored vehicles among other targets: the weapon, weighing around 8 kg, can penetrate more than 600 millimeters of armor steel at a combat distance of 500 meters – with a hit probability of more than 90 percent on a 2.3-meter x 2.3 meter NATO standard target.
The RGW 90 (Recoilless Grenade Weapon) family of infantry weapon systems includes RGW 90HH (Heat-Hesh), RGW 90AS (Anti Structure) and RGW 90WB (Wall Breacher).