Originally Posted by
Thrust Augmentation
OK, here is one for the more knowledgeable;
Over the last 3 to 4 months an incredible amount of equipment has been given or is going to be given to UKR (Challenger 2, Bradley, Skyshield/ranger & so forth), maybe I've got it all wrong but I expected some of this would be in country by now but haven't seen much of any of it. Which do you think applies;
* Some was lip service
* The process is beyond slow (I appreciate the training time & so forth)
* It is in country, just on the QT & being kept that way
* It's being amassed for a larger action
I think you didn't notice the delivery-dates attached to this equipment ( when any were given ). The tanks were end March/April and Canada has already flown in ( to Poland ) 4 x Leo 2, Poland sent the same number in late February and Norway has delivered 8 x Leo 2. A consignment of 60 (?) Bradleys landed in Bremerhaven mid-February. Since troops are still training on Challengers, Bradleys, Leos and other systems, it would make no sense to send this equipment into Ukraine to be a massive, stationary target when the operators are still in-training outside the borders.
Skyranger ( quantity unknown ) delivered February
https://www.ukrainetravelnews.com/ai...dy-in-ukraine/