Mr. T (MrT4) said:

On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be much in terms of logistics or recovery vehicles in the supplies. I reckon much of the gear will end up abandoned before they actually see any combat, same happened to Russian gear, all those abandoned vehicles did not end up abandoned without cause, many probably broke down.

I gather that Germany is sending 100 low-loaders for tanks to resolve some of those issues. @Schnuersi, do you know more?

gatnerd said:

Very cool Anti Tank mine...

Mine???  Looks like a rocket to me.

It's an off-route mine -- basically a rocket with a HEAT warhead and a sensor system.  So, you emplace it along a road or trail, lay a sensor cable across the route, and it fires when a vehicle drives across the cable.  (There are also versions that use an IR sensor, so you don't need a cable).    It can also be command-fired by an operator observing the target location.

Looks like some of them were already found by locals in Ukraine after one of them killed a farmer on tractor

The German PARM means Panzerabwehr Richtmine: anit-tank directional mine. This name comes from very early designs actually firing an explosive formed projectile at the target. The design was changed to a HEAT warhead being fired at the target, but due to the unchanged employment, the name was kept.       

graylion said:

I gather that Germany is sending 100 low-loaders for tanks to resolve some of those issues. @Schnuersi, do you know more?

Germany is supplying logistics vehicles to Ukraine for some time allready.
No specifics though.

Mr. T (MrT4) said:

Looks like some of them were already found by locals in Ukraine after one of them killed a farmer on tractor

Very unlikely.
The one one the picture has not been deployed. Its new and unused.
The white cap in the mittle above the broad connector is a safety cap. Its has to be removed to ready the mine, connect it to the sensory circuit and arm it. If its still there the mine has not been armed.

Also the PARM is triggered by a wire sensor that is put over a road or track. Unless the farmer moved on a track secured by the Ukrainian military, on Ukrainian territory it seems very unlikely that a farmer in a tractor gets struck by one.
Unless of course the framer and his tractor where send down this track by Russian troops to "find" mines.

The big new today is that Germany will now supply Gepard SPAA to Ukraine.

Which means now the discussion about direct delivery of heavy weapons has come to an end: Germany is delivering and will train Ukrainian soldiers.

DW.COM

Germany will deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine | DW | 26.04.2022

After weeks of mounting pressure, the German government will now supply heavy military equipment to Ukraine. DW takes a look at how Berlin's position has changed since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

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You can imagine one captured is not one that blew someone up ,no one claimed its the exact mine, in what scenario is a retreating force not leaving mines set up behind? and which tracks used by armor are not used by locals? Armor still mostly uses public roads ! 

Mr. T (MrT4) said:

You can imagine one captured is not one that blew someone up ,no one claimed its the exact mine

You wrote it was found. Which is not the same as caputed. Found suggests that it was found deployed and defused.
 

Mr. T (MrT4) said:

in what scenario is a retreating force not leaving mines set up behind?

That is pretty common. Its effective and simple. I would mine allmost every square meter of ground I would have to give up as long as I have mines and any perimeter of any defensive position. Mines are one of the most effective anti armor tools.

Mr. T (MrT4) said:

and which tracks used by armor are not used by locals?

In allmost any case. Especially this one. The Ukrainian locas would have fled and chances are high they are aware that mines have been planted. Since the locals that have not fled are actively involved in the defensive effort. The Russian invasion troops also do not allow the locals to move around as they please. So the story makes no sense. BTW where is any evidence? Pictures of the destroyed tractor? Witness reports? Anything substancial and at least half believable?