Turkey’s Baykar is offering its drones to Ukraine for free
Ukrainian and Lithuanian personalities have launched crowdfunding campaigns to purchase Bayraktar TB2 combat drones. On two occasions, the Turkish aircraft manufacturer has preferred to offer its aircraft. The article by Giuseppe Gagliano
Ukrainian and Lithuanian personalities have launched crowdfunding campaigns to purchase Bayraktar TB2 combat drones . On two occasions, the Turkish aircraft manufacturer has preferred to offer its aircraft.
The goal was to raise € 19 million, enough to buy at least three of the famous Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from the Turkish company Baykar. A dedicated donation site was created by the presenter behind the fundraising campaign. Three days were enough to collect the amount set by the organizers.
The Ukrainian armed forces had already acquired about twenty and the aircraft proved its worth since the beginning of the invasion. Considered by experts to be excellent value for money – around $ 5 million per unit – this drone is useful for hitting an armored vehicle in a base with its laser-guided missiles.
On June 24, Serhiy Prytula, the organizer of donation requests, announced on Twitter that the Ukrainian military will be able to order three Bayraktar TB2s. Four days later, on June 28, the Turkish company released a statement stating that it was generously offering the three planes to Ukraine.
This is already the fourth drone that the Turkish manufacturer offers to Ukraine in the space of a month. On May 27, Andrius Tapinas, a Lithuanian TV presenter, had already had the idea of launching a site to finance the purchase of a Bayraktar TB2 for Ukraine.
This time, a total of € 6 million was raised in five days, mostly in the form of small donations according to Laisves TV, the internet operator that employs Andrius Tapinas.
On June 2, the Turkish arms group announced that the drone would be offered to Ukraine. About 1.6 million euros will be used to pay for the drone's armament, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense said. If Baykar is so generous to Ukraine, it is surely because the military in Kiev conducted the best possible promotional campaign for the company's flagship product. Since the beginning of the invasion, the Ukrainian army has been broadcasting the exploits of war drones in captivating videos like a Netflix series. Their use – along with those of Javelin or NLAW portable missiles – has considerably weakened the image of armored vehicles in a modern conflict.
As a result, many countries have already ordered to acquire the famous Turkish drones: Morocco, Niger, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Poland, Serbia and many more are starting to prospect.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/ecco-perche-la-turca-baykar-offre-gratis-i-suoi-droni-ucraina/ on Sat, 02 Jul 2022 05:40:10 +0000.