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Ukraine to Receive Rescue Helicopters From Great Britain

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The Sea King Mk4 / Illustrative photo from open sources
The Sea King Mk4 / Illustrative photo from open sources

And the first of them has already been delivered to Ukraine

Great Britain will provide another package of defense aid to Ukraine: the Minister of Defense, Ben Wallace, told the details of the supply of new weapons during his speech in Oslo, Norway, BBC News reports.

Thus, it is known that Great Britain will provide helicopters for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the first time” these are British Sea Kings, one of them has already arrived in Ukraine.

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The Sea King / Illustrative photo from open sources

As noted, Ukraine’s crews have been training in the UK for the past six weeks on these helicopters, which will help provide search and rescue capabilities.

These helicopters were previously used by both the Royal Air Force and the Navy, with the latter being decommissioned by the Navy in 2018.

Apparently, it is going to be a Sikorsky S-61 Sea King transport helicopter, serial production of which began in 1961, or more precisely to its British version Westland Sea King, which has a different version of the engine and a computerized flight control system.

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The Sea King / Illustrative photo from open sources

In addition, as part of defense assistance, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will also receive another 10,000 artillery shells from Great Britain, which will help "secure the liberated territories."

Tactical and technical specification of the Sikorsky S-61/SH-3 Sea King

length – 22.15 m;

height – 5.13 m;

empty weight – 6108 kg;

maximum take-off weight – 9525 kg;

cruising speed – 219 km/h;

maximum speed – 267 km/h;

practical height - 4481 m;

practical range – 1006 km.

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