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Of the fewer than 100 Leopard 2 tanks in service in Ukraine, at least 26 have been disabled. Others cannot be used by the Armed Forces due to problems with their repair and maintenance. This was reported by Foreign Affairs. “Like all tanks, the Leopard 2 and Abrams depend on close whole-of-service coordination with infantry, […]
Western partners have provided Ukrainian crews of Leopard 2 tanks with improved DM11 120 mm programmable tank multipurpose shells, which are in service with the Bundeswehr and the US Marine Corps under the designation Mk 324. This was reported on November 15 by Militarnyi’s columnists. The publication says that the appearance of this ammunition in […]
The German Leopard 2 tank is fundamentally different from the Soviet equipment. Tankers from the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade “Magura”, who are actively engaged in offensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia sector, shared their impressions in an interview. The commander of the Leopard 2A6 tank noted the advantages of the vehicle, including its maneuverability and high […]
The German arms concern Rheinmetall will hand over 14 Leopard 2 tanks ordered by the Netherlands to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The first one will arrive in Ukraine in January 2024 Tagesschau writes about it. “Rheinmetall has announced that the order is in the triple-digit million euro range,” the statement said. It is noted that […]
According to the German newspaper Handelsblatt, Ukraine will receive 14 more Leopard 2 battle tanks from Western partners with funding from Denmark and the Netherlands. This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the Voice of America. The contracts for the new supplies have already been signed, and the German government was involved in the […]
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov gave an interview to the French portal Ouest-France, in which he revealed how many Leopard 2 tanks Ukraine has received. What is known Thus, according to the minister, the Armed Forces currently have about 60 tanks in service. We are talking about two battalions of Leopard 2 of different modifications. […]
The first Leopard 2 tank that Canada gave to Ukraine has already arrived in Poland. Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced this. The head of the Canadian department stressed that soon Canada, together with its allies, will start training Ukrainian servicemen, they will be taught how to use new equipment. The first Canadian Leopard 2 […]
Against the background of the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, the German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has revised its plans for further work and insists that Germany needs to increase the production of weapons, because the reserves are now exhausted. What does it mean Rheinmetall produces a number of defense products, but probably its most […]
The other day, the American publication The Wall Street Journal reported that Poland is considering the possibility of transferring Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Currently, this information has been confirmed by the head of the country’s International Policy Bureau. What is known Jakub Kumoch told about this in an interview with the local publication Radiozet. According […]
The German news agency FAZ, citing its own sources, reports that the United States supports the provision of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. According to the publication, the United States authorities several times tried to influence German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and persuade him to supply combat vehicles to Ukraine. All this time, the German government […]