Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Ukrainian armed forces have been already using Israeli developments for several years.

I have already mentioned a lot of times that Israel has lots of programs and technologies that should be borrowed by Ukraine. Armament is one of the most painful, but at the same time the most relevant topics nowadays.

In October 2008, the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko announced that IMI and the Ukrainian company Fort on the basis of Vinnytsia enterprise would be producing TAR-21 machine gun.

Machine guns are made partially of Israeli components and are named Fort 221. Weapons designed in accordance with the Bullpup system, when the magazine and the firing trigger are located behind the trigger (unlike traditional construction machine guns with protruding front magazine). This allows to increase the length of the barrel, without increasing the overall dimensions of weapons, that has a positive effect on the accuracy of shooting and ease of use. The body of the weapon is made of crash-resistant reinforced plastic, that helps to reduce the weight of the weapon significantly. In 2009, the assault rifle was adopted by the Security Service, the State Security Department, the Border Guard Service and the External Intelligence Service of Ukraine.

 They say that after the conflict in Donbass began MIA battalion Tornado was armed with Fort 221 and the Defense Ministry reported its intention to buy about 500 of these weapons.

As you can see on the photo these rifles were purchased even in larger quantities, and they were even given to soldiers. The question is whether all these weapons were took back to the warehouse after the parade. Having such a high quality weapon that is produced here, in Ukraine, Ukrainian army is still being equipped by the volunteers? Why?