Originally Posted by
t43562
It does seem a bit like NATO could do with a standard tank built in numbers in several countries. Something just about affordable to everyone. Even if the US or other nations wanted to have their own special thing ontop of that....
From maintenance point of view it's not an issue they are gettin 2a4 to 2a6's, they are pretty similar. It's the comms, sights, MG's and such that require work. As an example, every nation has its own radios, so in essence everyone strips off their localized kits and equip the Leo's with UKR specific versions to make it all compatible and ready to use.
Bigger issue will be Challys and Abrams, as they need their specifc maintenance and logistics chain (plus ammo on the Chally). I doubt that it is reasonable to establish it all in usual circumstances for anything less than a brigade worth of tanks.
However Ukraine seems to be pretty good at these things, and US has plenty of Abrams so I suppose they could send that brigade. Not so sure about Challys though.
Training (crews, service etc) will be relatively easy to go from soviet tanks to Leos, especially Finland and Poland can help there, they have plenty of experience in that field.