14 Leopard 2 A6 to be delivered by Germany

https://www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung...dung-7019.html

Also other countries may send their Leopards to Ukraine.

Was already leaked yesterday. Just confirmed by government spokesperson.

Better late than never.

So final number/goal will be 88, 2 battalions. Bunderswehr has 44 tanks per battalion

German government announces delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in the Cabinet on Wednesday that Germany will further increase military support for Ukraine. He said the German government had decided to provide the Ukrainian armed forces with "Leopard 2" main battle tanks. This is the result of intensive consultations that took place with Germany's closest European and international partners.
"This decision follows our well-known line of supporting Ukraine to the best of our ability. We are acting in a closely coordinated and concerted manner internationally," the chancellor said in Berlin.
The goal is to quickly assemble two tank battalions with Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine. As a first step, Germany will provide a company of 14 Leopard-2 A6 tanks from Bundeswehr stocks. Other European partners will in turn hand over Leopard-2 tanks. Training of the Ukrainian crews is to begin rapidly in Germany. In addition to training, the package will also include logistics, ammunition and maintenance of the systems.
Germany will issue the relevant transfer licenses to the partner countries that want to quickly deliver Leopard-2 tanks from their stocks to Ukraine, he said.

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​​​​​​​ The Wagner Group's head, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has demanded that criticism of his fighters should be banned in Russia. In a letter published on Telegram, he complains that media and bloggers are unfairly portraying his recruited convicts as "villains and criminals".

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-w...antic-12541713

Surely that is the whole idea and goal in Ukraine, after all at the end of the day Ukraine IS a Sovereign Country and never invited Russia to invade them, The west used to cooperate and exercise together with Ukraine long before they were invaded, what did he expect, the west to stand by and watch it all happen?
Ohh, and there is the little fact that WE DID sign up to protect them for giving up their nuclear weapons.

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Ohhhh..

I wonder whaat mishmash of Mk's they will get, A lot of COuntries have A4 or A5's and Germany is sending A6's

An overview of tank supplies to Ukraine right now:

Confirmed:
🇬🇧14 Challenger 2
🇵🇱14 Leopard 2A4
🇩🇪14 Leopard 2A6

Awaiting full confirmation:
🇵🇹4 Leopard 2A6
🇪🇸 20-53 Leopard 2A4
🇺🇸30 Abrams M1
🇳🇴8 Leopard 2A4
🇫🇮 14 Leopard 2A4/6

Discussing:
🇳🇱18 Leopard 2A6
🇩🇰6 Leopard 2A5/7
Also an unknown number of 🇫🇷 Leclerc tanks

So, Germany has agreed, at last
So, lets see the UK send at least another 50 Challengers, 14 is just not enough.
After all, moderation in war is imbecility.

Given a tossed turret, do the Russians care a toss about crew survival? Uncharacteristic.

As people, no. As a crew to go into another tank, yes.

Will the West impose any sort of doctrine on Ukraine in the use of their tanks?

Germany now includes Leopard 2 spare parts in what they will hand over.

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Somebody getting stroppy about our RC135 overflying international waters in the Black sea? Psycho 61 & 62 revealing themselves should be a comfort for the crew.

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Like what ? ot bombarding The Kremlin ?

Doing so would send a weak message to Putin, so very doubtful.

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....

Spain reportedly will be sending 52 Leopards, at the top end of prior estimates.

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People within NATO have been trying to do this for decades. There are dozens of "interoperability groups" within NATO, all with the aim of standardising kit so any NATO country can use kit from any other NATO country. Not been a great success. Works OK for some stuff, like small arms ammunition and some fuel specs. Not worked well for heavier stuff. Makes one hell of a lot of sense to have many countries making the same vehicles, armour, artillery etc. Gets rid of situation we've just seen with Germany and the Leopards. Also stops countries like the UK developing tanks and their ammunition that are unicorns that no other country can quickly use or support.

Agreed, but I wish we had been quicker about it. So many lives lost, homes destroyed, misery.

Well, clearly, but they appear to have made such an event more survivable