Sweden decided to deliver AT4 anti-tank missile launchers to Ukraine.

“A Ukrainian soldier is now equipped with Swedish-supplied AT4 light anti-tank weapon. 5,000 will be delivered, and if 20% of those score a hit at some point, a thousand Russian vehicles will be destroyed,” Carl Bildt, Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and former Swedish President, said.

Sweden broke its doctrine of not delivering weapons to warring countries on February 28. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced that her administration will be shipping 500 anti-tank weapons Bofors AT-4, 135,000 field rations, 5,000 body armour and 5,000 helmets.

Sweden had abandoned its neutrality stance at the end of the Cold War, and has remained 'non-aligned' and outside the military alliance. The country is not a member of NATO, but has been a partner to the alliance since the 1990s.

The AT4 is an 84 mm unguided, portable, single-shot, disposable anti-tank weapon built by Saab Bofors Dynamics.

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