Ukrainian tankers train on a Leopard 2A4. Via social media It appears the 4th Tank Brigade will be the first Ukrainian army unit to operate those Leopard 2 tanks Kyiv’s allies have pledged to the war ...
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To Win With Their Leopard 1 Tanks, Ukrainian Crews Need To Think Like Snipers
Brazilian army Leopard 1A5s. Wikimedia Commons Ukraine is getting at least 100, and as many as 237, surplus Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and potentially Belgium. The Leopar...
Some Shoot Far, Some Shoot Farther. Ukraine Is Forming A Mixed Battalion With Different German, Portuguese And Swedish Tanks.
Swedish Strv 122s. Wikimedia Commons Sweden is the latest country to offer Ukraine Leopard 2 tanks. “Sweden is joining the ‘Leopard family’ in support of Ukraine,” Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristerss...
Ukraine Wanted Whole Brigades Of Western Tanks. It’s Getting Fractions Of Them, Instead.
A Canadian Leopard 2A4 arrives in Poland ‘en route’ to Ukraine on Feb. 5. Anita Anand The Ukrainian government’s ambition, months ago, was to get whole brigades of new tanks from its Weste...
Spain’s Got A Lot Of Old, Broken Leopard 2 Tanks. How Many It Sends To Ukraine Depends On How Many It Can Repair.
A Spanish army Leopard 2E. Wikimedia Commons Spain could end up being one of the biggest donors of surplus Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine—or one of the smallest. The uncertainty over Madrid’s tank pledge ...
Leopard 2 Tanks From All Over Europe Are Heading To Ukraine As German Resistance Collapses
Polish army Leopard 2s. Wikimedia Commons Germany on Tuesday not only signed off on Poland’s request to export to Ukraine German-made Leopard 2 tanks—Berlin also will donate its own small batch of the...
Germany Okays A Dozen Polish Tanks For Ukraine. Hundreds More Could Follow.
A Polish army Leopard 2. Wikimedia Commons In an important reversal, the German government this weekend signaled it wouldn’t try to stop the government of Poland from supplying German-built Leopard 2 ...
Ukrainian Paratroopers Prefer Their Speedy T-80BV Tanks
A Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade T-80BV in combat around Kharkiv. Ukrainian army capture Pressure is mounting on the German government to sign off on various European countries’ proposals to donate G...
There’s One Main Reason Ukraine Might Prefer German Tanks Over U.S. Tanks—The American Vehicles Guzzle Gas
A U.S. Army M-1 tank. U.S. Army photo Pressure is mounting on the German government to sign off on various European countries’ proposals to donate German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. But German of...
The Ukrainian Army Could Form Three New Heavy Brigades With All These Tanks And Fighting Vehicles It’s Getting
A British Army Challenger 2 tank testing new camouflage back in 2014. Crown copyright A deluge of new armored vehicles should allow the Ukrainian army to form three new, NATO-style heavy brigades. Arg...
Ukraine Needs Leopard 2 Tanks. Its Allies Are Getting Closer To Providing Them.
A German army Leopard 2. NATO photo In the space of a few days this week, France, the United States and Germany all announced they would donate to Ukraine powerful armored vehicles: French AMX-10RC sc...