According to information published by French Newspapers “Ouest France” and “Le Monde”, France and Italy have delivered a few dozen Milan anti-tank guided missile weapon systems to Ukraine between February 28 and March 3, 2022.
France is not alone in supplying Milan missiles to Ukraine. On February 28, 2022, Italy officially indicated that it had decided to deliver a modernized version of the Milan anti-tank guided missiles to Ukrainian armed forces.
The Milan anti-tank missiles were handed over to the Ukrainian army at the Polish border. The first equipment transfer operations were supervised, on the French side, by members of the Special Forces attached to the special operations command of the French army.
The Milan is a man-portable anti-tank guided missile that was manufactured by the company MBDA which entered into service with the French army in 1972. It is a wire-guided SACLOS (semi-automatic command to line-of-sight) missile, which means the sight of the launch unit has to be aimed at the target to guide the missile.