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EU country buys 49 secondhand Leopard tanks for Ukraine, arms dealer says (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's sad to say, but I feel it has to be mentioned that Leo 1 tanks are nothing like Leo 2. Of course, 49 tanks are always better than 0 tanks, but European countries should pull themselves together and get more Leo 2s to Ukraine asap. If (when) Ukrainian forces are going to spearhead through a breach or weakness in Russian defences, a large number of high quality tanks are going to be needed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It seems ukraine didnt/doesnt use the given tanks as they were (perhaps too quickly) taught, so the quality of tanks is not as important as the number of tanks.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

Indeed, they use the tanks in an improved way, so they will probably upgrade these tanks as well: https://nafo.army/@chrisschmitz/110855173124994792