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...

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...

The Tungsten M-1—How Ukraine’s Tanks Will Differ From America’s

From left, Polish major general Adam Joks and U.S. Army colonel Ken Braeger speak while standing on top of an M-1A2 Abrams tank as part of the Abrams Operations Summit at Bucierz Range, Drawsko Pomors...

Ukraine Is Getting American M-1 Tanks. It Might Take A While.

A U.S. Marine Corps M-1A1. DVIDS photo When the Polish army went on one of history’s great tank-buying sprees starting a couple of years ago, it added to its multi-billion-dollar purchases of brand-ne...

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...