Originally Posted by
_Agrajag_
There are end user agreements in place. These stop arms designed by one country from being sent to another country without agreement. Germany owns the end user agreements made with all states that have Leopards. None of them can send Leopards to Ukraine without Germany's consent.
Same goes for almost everything else. If the UK had, for example, Abrams M1s then we couldn't send them to Ukraine without agreement from the US.
Welll they can send them without consent, Germany cannot physically stop them. Obviously maintenance will become an issue.