Posted on Jan 21, 2023
What is the Leopard 2 tank, and why does Ukraine want it?
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Even as the U.S. and its NATO allies have announced another package of military aid to Ukraine, full of military vehicles, air defense systems, rockets and missiles, a notable omission is the one piece of equipment that has come to dominate recent talks: tanks.
For months, Ukrainian officials have pressed the West for hundreds of modern battle tanks like those made by the U.S. and Germany.
"I can thank you hundreds of times, and it will be absolutely just and fair, given all that we have already done," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at this week's meeting of defense officials in Ramstein, Germany.
"But hundreds of 'thank you' are not hundreds of tanks," he said.
Even as the U.S. and its NATO allies have announced another package of military aid to Ukraine, full of military vehicles, air defense systems, rockets and missiles, a notable omission is the one piece of equipment that has come to dominate recent talks: tanks.
For months, Ukrainian officials have pressed the West for hundreds of modern battle tanks like those made by the U.S. and Germany.
"I can thank you hundreds of times, and it will be absolutely just and fair, given all that we have already done," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at this week's meeting of defense officials in Ramstein, Germany.
"But hundreds of 'thank you' are not hundreds of tanks," he said.
What is the Leopard 2 tank, and why does Ukraine want it?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, has urged allies to "dig deeper" to support Ukraine at a meeting of Nato and defense leaders in Germany, as pressure grows on Berlin to authorise its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to be sent from nations across Europe to Ukraine. However, so far Berlin has refused to budge."...
..."The US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, has urged allies to "dig deeper" to support Ukraine at a meeting of Nato and defense leaders in Germany, as pressure grows on Berlin to authorise its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to be sent from nations across Europe to Ukraine. However, so far Berlin has refused to budge."...
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I think the allies are reluctant because they don't want to push Russia any further than they have to
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MSG Thomas Currie
Which is actually a good thing. We really don't need to feed Russian paranoia to the point where they do something even stupider.
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