A post that can be found there contains a few pictures of a German-made infantry fighting vehicle together with Ukrainian soldiers and is captioned with the text that the \u201cgun calibration of a new Marder in the 33rd Separate Assault Regiment has been successfully completed\u201d and that \u201cthe vehicle is being prepared for combat work\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n
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While it is of course possible that the vehicle, like other vehicles, was recently transferred to the 33rd Assault Regiment by another unit \u2013 possibly after extensive maintenance or repairs \u2013 I consider it at least more likely that Germany has delivered new infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, which are now being put into service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officially, Germany has delivered 140 Marder 1A3 IFVs to Ukraine by April 2025, with Denmark providing partial financial support for the deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plan was to deliver another 20 to 25 vehicles to the Ukrainian army by the end of the first half of the year. This would mean that all publicly known commitments would have been honoured. However, the German government has not yet confirmed the delivery, which was probably made months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Provided that the vehicles were delivered months ago, as publicly promised, and that the vehicles just put into service are not in fact vehicles transferred from another unit, the German government is likely to have made new commitments in the past few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This may be a commitment that was made during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Germany at the end of May 2025. As part of a \u20ac5 billion aid package, the German government promised additional \u201cland weapon systems\u201d at the time, without going into details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Ukrainian](\"https:\/\/deaidua.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ukrainian-soldiers-next-to-a-Marder-1A3-1024x683.jpg\")