Modern Western weapons transferred to Ukraine with different operating, maintenance and use standards, creating logistics nightmares for soldiers.

Ukrainian officials describe Western weapons as a key factor in the effort to turn the battlefield with Russia.

The more modern and effective weapons of the West, especially long -range artillery, have been put into the war by Ukraine.

Ukraine Kinh Ukraine controls self -propelled cannon in the Donetsk region.

But the reception and operation of modern weapons by the West is a serious challenge for the Ukrainian army.

The current way of doing, each country aids a separate type of cannon, is quickly creating logistics nightmares with Ukraine, because each weapon requires a separate way of training, maintenance and repair,

Western artillery are being received by the Ukrainian army, including the US, Australian and Canadian M777, and self -propelled artillery such as France's Caesar, PanzerHaubitze 2000 (PZH 2000) of Germany, M109 of the US or AHS Krab from Ba from Ba from Ba.

These weapons complexes do not have much in common, nor can they share the best ammunition, Jack Watling, co -author of Rusi's report.

NATO has tried to standardize military equipment, especially ammunition, so that they can swap between member states.

The block has more than 1,000 general military standards for processes and materials, but the application of standards depends on each ally.

According to a NATO official, the leaders of the previous month agreed to support Ukraine during the transition from the Soviet weapons to modern weapons according to NATO standards.

Ukraine is not only provided with various weapons.

When converting to new weapons platforms, they have to handle a lot of things before, Scott Boston, high -ranking defense analyst at Rand Corporation's global policy consulting and research organization, said

Many Ukrainian military weapons are 40 years old, just need to be repaired with a hammer, wrench, lubricating oil, strength and prayer, he said.

Panzerhaubitze 2000 self -propelled cannon.

To achieve high performance like the weapons systems that the West is having, they need a certain level of complexity, from hydraulic devices to electronic sensors.

According to Watling, the above problems are not all the challenges that the Ukrainian army faces when operating firecrackers from the West.

The differences in this structure leads to heterogeneous training and operation.

Some weapons are provided by the West for Ukraine with a small amount of drip, so it is not enough to make up for damage or need maintenance.

Boston said another problem lies in spare parts.

Ukraine is also having difficulty in operating some artillery complexes, especially the German PZH 2000, which needs about 40 days of training for operation and maintenance.

The Ukrainian battlefield situation after nearly 5 months of fighting.

With only 12 PZH 2000 systems transferred from Germany and the Netherlands to Ukraine, transportation is not too serious.

Western analysts agree that the Ukrainian army will be much stronger with the modern weapons that they are aid.