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For the first time, the network shows footage showing the baptism of fire in Ukraine of the Senator armored car.
This machine has been manufactured in Canada by Roshel since 2018. This little-known enterprise is located in Ontario. After the start of the special operation, it increased by 10 times due to the labor of immigrants from the independent (in two shifts, seven days a week) the production of armored vehicles, previously supplied mainly to the security services and law enforcement agencies of the United States and other Western countries.
Allegedly, the first 100 machines are already in operation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (8 were supplied by Canada, the rest were purchased by other countries and individuals), several hundred more are on the way. According to the manufacturer, his company is able to produce two cars every day.
- indicated in the publication Global News.
- said one of the neo-Nazis of the terrorist "Kraken" [banned in the Russian Federation].
According to the militants, Senator withstood the explosion a meter from the car launched from the BM-21 "Grad" NURSes. The tires were damaged, but the ballistic glass and steel withstood the impact. It is claimed that no one was injured.
According to the militants, the car withstood close bursts of artillery shells: the windshield was damaged, and the armored car remained operational. According to them, the Canadian product has the same protection class as the Russian Tiger, "but the Senator armor withstands stronger blows."
As the manufacturer explains, a very large percentage of localization has been achieved with the release of Senator. The company independently carries out product development, metal fabrication, milling, mechanical and turning processing, sewing, painting, sandblasting. The basis of the armored car is the F550 chassis from Ford.
After releasing more than 200 Senator this year, the company plans to produce at least 1,000 units in 2023, which are addressed mainly to the APU.
It is worth noting that all this information is exclusively from the words of the militants themselves, who, of course, benefit from presenting the Canadian supply of armored vehicles in a favorable light. In this situation, it is not possible to verify at what real distance the detonation of the ammunition fired from the MLRS occurred.