Skrivus t1_j5dglj7 wrote
Reply to comment by StationOost in German indecision on Leopard 2 tanks a 'disappointment,' Ukraine's deputy foreign minister says by cobicoo
The issue is not Germany providing tanks, they are preventing others from doing so. Other countries (Poland, Spain, and others) have agreed to transfer their Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Problem is because there's an export control agreement with Germany, Germany has to give permission to the other countries to transfer their tanks.
View is that a couple hundred capable tanks are being held up by Germany.
Britain has offered up some Challenger 2 tanks but there's not as many.
US has a ton of M1 Abrams but logistics are more difficult due to them using turbine engines and running on jet fuel instead of diesel.
Bronskungen t1_j5eaotr wrote
It might pose a logistical challenge, but why not offer them Abrams? Free tanks are better than no tanks even if a blitz offensive might be hard due to logistics. Or has Ukraine already turned them down?
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