The US is sending tanks to Ukraine, just not American ones

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I understand Russian soldiers are providing tanks along with free delivery...
..."Around a dozen European countries, including Spain, Greece and Poland, use Leopard tanks but would need Germany’s clearance to send them to a conflict zone. Even if some arrangement could be found, it is highly unlikely Ukraine will get modern tanks in the hundreds it has been asking for, one of the people said.

In a proposal published by the ECFR think tank in early September, Puglierin along with Gustav Gressel and Rafael Loss called on Germany to form a consortium with other European allies to send Ukraine around 90 Leopard 2 tanks. The tanks should be older variants so as not unintentionally give Russia insight into the most modern technology if captured, Puglierin said.

The proposal doesn’t appear to have gathered traction in Berlin. A government spokesperson declined to comment and underlined Scholz’s earlier remarks that Germany would refrain from any go-it-alone decisions when it comes to tank deliveries to Ukraine.

More immediately, Ukraine could instead get other heavy weapons from Germany, such as infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, one person said.

Germany could also arrange more swap deals. In August it agreed to backfill Slovakia with 15 Leopard 2 A4 battle tanks after the eastern nation pledged to send more Soviet era tanks to Ukraine. Such deals since the war broke out have seen Ukraine receive more than 120 Soviet-style tanks and armored personnel carriers."