Originally Posted by
Kent Based
There was a suggestion last year by Rheinmetal to send older Leopard 1 to Ukraine. Issue at the time was reportedly the reluctance amongst NATO members to supply the 105mm ammo from stocks. Seems it may be easier now to get that ammo released? There is less advanced tech on the huge stocks of Leo 1 and ex USA M60 tanks. Send these until the Leo 2/Abrams politics is resolved.
Leo 1 in a way makes sense logistics wise, the Gepard is built on a Leo 1 Chassis.
As mentioned earlier, the M60’s were apparently disposed off.