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analogspam t1_j5a4zar wrote
Screw Melnyk.
This guy was taken from his job as ambassador to Germany because his talks and opinions massively hurt the relations between the nations. And he very much played in the playbook of Russiophiles and Putin-fans.
There is to this day at first a hesitation most NATO states to send MBTs. Germany just getting the attention because the leopard II would be the best option of all tanks.
Amazing_Examination6 t1_j5a95b9 wrote
Fta:
>“We are disappointed, but still the decision has not been taken yet so we hope that the government in Berlin will take seriously all of the concerns they heard (on Friday) in Ramstein,” Melnyk added.
Becks357 t1_j5aqfa7 wrote
Perhaps Germans know a thing or two about fighting Russia.
TimaeGer t1_j5b5aqd wrote
Also celebrating a literal Ukrainian nazi
StationOost t1_j5bg6vb wrote
Apparently Germany is the only western country that has tanks or something.
PumpkinManGuy t1_j5dbm7y wrote
Abrams have some logistical issues that the Ukrainians would mightily struggle with, and as far as I am aware (I could be very wrong) Germany is the producer of Leopard 2's and must give permission for those to be given to Ukraine.
Skrivus t1_j5df0co wrote
Abrams tanks have turbine engines using a very different fuel than all of the other vehicles Ukraine is using. Essentially Jet Fuel vs Diesel fuel. Leopard 2 tanks use diesel.
Skrivus t1_j5dglj7 wrote
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.
keepingitanonymoose t1_j5dryyo wrote
What a sense of entitlement the Ukraine exhibits especially Zelensky.
zlol365 t1_j5e5fo8 wrote
What a sense of entitlement the user above exhibits to type without thinking.
keepingitanonymoose t1_j5e7ubw wrote
So Z is having other people finance his war and is whinging when they don’t act quick enough and supply what he wants .. it’s called a sense of entitlement and it’s getting worse over time.
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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Resident-Walrus2397 t1_j5f8cy2 wrote
Germany on the wrong side of history?……. Neverrrrr 🙄
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