Ukraine’s largest steelmaker begins production of Patriot system armour  

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**Metinvest Engineers Develop Armor for Ukraine’s Patriot System**

Engineers at Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest steel producer, have developed an armored protection system for the control module of the Patriot air defense system. The company announced this on .

Ukraine has received several Patriot from countries like , the US, and Romania. However, there were reports of damage to these systems during Russia’s aerial attacks. Ukraine also uses mock-ups to protect the Patriots.

The new armor was created just over month and is made from Metinvest’s Ukrainian armor steel. It weighs over 2.6 tons and consists of nearly 200 elements, including armored steel plates up to 8 millimeters thick. The company claims that the weight of the armor does not affect the system’s functionality or mobility.

Metinvest has also been producing steel shields for other military vehicles, such as T-64 and T-72 tanks, US-made tanks, and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. They are now preparing to integrate shields into various Leopard 2 tank modifications.

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