flourishingpinecone
flourishingpinecone t1_j4yi2fn wrote
Reply to comment by AKMarine in Berlin Won’t Allow Exports of German Tanks to Ukraine Unless U.S. Sends Its Own by Torifyme12
between the leopard, abrams, and challenger 2 you have 3 different engines, one of which is a gas turbine, 2 different types of guns with different ammunition, and all weighing more than anything ukraine has in inventory, which means they will need all new recovery systems as well, not to mention the whole new training of crew and maintenance people. This whole thing with tanks between the UK, Germany and the US seems like a weird pissing match and I really don't understand it. It would probably be cheaper to spool up a factory to produce modernized T-72s than it would be to introduce three new tanks and logistics systems to a country during wartime.
flourishingpinecone t1_j4yhfzl wrote
Reply to comment by akaasa001 in Berlin Won’t Allow Exports of German Tanks to Ukraine Unless U.S. Sends Its Own by Torifyme12
you're being a bit naive because the entire world has only sent a fraction of what the US has sent
flourishingpinecone t1_j4y382k wrote
Reply to Berlin Won’t Allow Exports of German Tanks to Ukraine Unless U.S. Sends Its Own by Torifyme12
sending abrams, leopards and challengers all seems like a waste of shipping space and money considering the different logistic requirements of these systems
flourishingpinecone t1_j4yo1zv wrote
Reply to comment by MetaphysicalMayhem in Berlin Won’t Allow Exports of German Tanks to Ukraine Unless U.S. Sends Its Own by Torifyme12
the US spends 3x more on defense than the entire EU combined, they aren't ever gonna be able to match us.