We will either see both Leopards and Abrams in Ukraine or neither
https://www.wsj.com/articles/berlin-wont-allow-exports-of-german-tanks-to-ukraine-unless-u-s-sends-own-tanks-officials-say-11674069352?mod=hp_lead_pos6
We will either see both Leopards and Abrams in Ukraine or neither
https://www.wsj.com/articles/berlin-wont-allow-exports-of-german-tanks-to-ukraine-unless-u-s-sends-own-tanks-officials-say-11674069352?mod=hp_lead_pos6
so that means we're going to be sending M1s
>uh but akshually
shut the frick up, the tank is not too heavy for Ukraine, they already have turbine engined tanks. Midwit posting should be a bannable offense.
>shut the frick up,
Are you angry with your own internal monologue?
Give him hell Anon! I hate that guy!
kek
He was actually telling future you to shut the frick up.
It was pre emptive,l
>,I
Uh-huh. Touched in the head, ain't ya?
NTA but I have had that argument on /k/ multiple times already and that's what they all say, the preemptive stfu was justified.
>NTA
If dubs, then that Anon.
Should have listened to him. could have saved your credibility. now everybody knows youre a moronic gayot.
the other anon wanted to protect you :>
kek based
kys schizo moron
muh dick
>verification not required
It's logistics actually. They won't send them untill proper logistic network is prepared.
This is a horseshit argument. They already have a frickload of different equipment that introduce logistical challenges, and they've proven at every turn that they can handle it.
If sandBlack folk can handle it, ukies can as well. This is just weak argument because "mah escalation"
There is no "network preparation" to order parts in NATO, so why would your never-ordered-anything self lie and assert otherwise?
Ordering parts is simple and standard in NATO since forever. There is no special network to transport them. Most parts move by civilian freight carriers but sending something special is easy as loading it onto a truck then driving to destination.
All that's required to move vehicles is truck and/or rail transport, not some exotic "preparation". Once delivered to staging area in Poland (this is as easy as shipping civilian construction equipment) any parts not sent with the packaged could be ordered normally via the military supply system.
>US sends them
>Ukraine parades them around until Germany sends the tanks.
>Then sticks them in storage because Gas Turbine Engine
>Germany Seethes
>bUt ThE tUrBiNe
Germany moving goalposts right around the same time as I was defending their record. They never specified earlier that the US also had to send tanks. Can't imagine the Brits and French are taking it too well either considering they put themselves out there only for Germany to go "uhm ackchully"
Germany does whatever daddy tells her to do. The Brits and French can cry and b***h all they want Germany will always stay with the American bvll.
Serves you right
As I said a couple days ago, Germany has always dragged its feet in this war. Now its literally going "I won't go unless you go". Like a child afraid of the dark.
>Germany shits itself
>Again
Why is this a thread
Is germany going to continue with this virtue signaling without realizing on why its better to just send leopards? The abrams is good, but its a logistical nightmare, especially when nearby countries are leopard users. Leopards are good because of the availability in parts and repairs from neighboring countries.
>Leopards are good because of the availability in parts and repairs from neighboring countries.
That's not really the case with 2A4s. There are no spare parts being made for them anymore.
Not exactly true. The only major difference between new and old leo's are the turret components such as ballistic computers, sights etc, which you can get refurbished or taken care of through obsolesence management. So its a bit more of a pain and less cost-efficient, but it works in a way
I refuse to believe there have been no changes in the Hull.
Between the A4 and something like the A7 there are several minor differences. The running gear, torsion bars, brakes etc have been upgraded to MLC80, all roadwheel stations have end dampeners, a new idler wheel tensioner has been added, etc. These are all things that you can retrofit to an A4 hull if you'd like, most done as simply replacing old part with new. The biggest change is the mounting of an APU in the rear right side, and taking the NBC system from the hull into the turret basket. And from the A5 they changed the drivers hatch, added the extra external armour etc
*turret bustle, not turret basket
There's a ton of mothballed 2A4s out there that you can cannibalize for spares, if nothing else.
then why is german combat readiness the way it is?
Because the last competent German died in 1945.
Was it suicide?
>Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg
>Ursula von der Leyen
>Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
There's your answer.
My delivery has meant nothing
Original Union flag best Union flag.
I hope we see Leo's Challys and Abrams smashing slavshit up.
>My delivery has meant nothing
you are irrelevant, get used to it
>East german government that is still loyal to VatBlack folk trying it hardest to delay weapons going to one of their lords enemies
Kind of happens when you don't make it illegal for people who grew up and were fanatically loyal to the soviets to hold office.
Only way to solve this is to kill off the east Germans who were raised/groomed by the DDR/Soviets
But no we won't see Abrams in Ukraine until a specific weapon system needs to be tested.
>East german government
what did zhe mean by this
Is the current German government ex-stasi or Sovietboos?
west german lefties
Except the cancerous SPD brass is all from Lower Saxony. I say give Hannover and Osnabrück to Russia for appeasement. Everyone wins in that case.
Fun fact, our new defense minister is eskimo-brothers with former chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He was also member of the parliamentary group of Russian-German friendship that existed until April 2022.
He's also in a pro-nato organization, a transatlantic organization etc.
>he is eskimo-brothers with Gerhard Schröde
I count that as a plus.
Doesn't matter. Being buddies with Schwesig should be a red flag. I can't believe there is not one politician in the SPD that isn't a Russia dickrider.
REMOVE GERMANY FROM NATO
good idea, we dont want to be in hato anyways
ww2 really cucked them to oblivion
Reminder you are committing a microaggression against Olaf Scholz if you tell him to send the fricking tanks and you need to learn to check your privilege.
no, really, whats schults problem with winning this war?
is he a russian plant or is he just that cucked?
It's not Scholtz, it's his party, Parts of SPD and left leaning voters always had been poinsoned by russian propaganda. He is just unable to act fast because he can not risk to break his party.
Why not? if a part of my party were a bunch of traitors then i would throw them out.
That way everyone outside my party is happy (except for the expulsed) and the party will be seen as more reasonable in the future, so i could swell it's numbers again relatively quick; at least in theory
Because Germany isn't run under a sensible system like FPTP but has Proportional Representation that leads mainly to bickering and infighting
>FPTP
>Sensible
I think the Krauts are being stupid too, but c'mon.
Yes. As was mama Merkel. They're all Soviet era commies.
https://rmx.news/germany/the-very-red-past-of-germanys-new-chancellor-revealed/
Fine. To hell with them! to hell with Kraut's help!, to hell with muh bureaucracy!. As long as ukraine has the arsenal of democracy behind them, the anglosphere and the baltic/polish help, they can outlast the vatBlack folk, the gayners, and the terrorist separatist in the east. if the vodkamonkeys want ten years of war, they will have it. Ukies are ready to fight till the end, vietnman will look like a walk in the park in comparisson, they no longer want their territory back, they want revenge, and is a cheap revenge for the US who are willing to keep boiling the frog.
FRICK YOU KRAUTS, YOU WILL BE FOREVER DESPISED BY THE ENTIRE CIVILIZED WORLD.
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Why can't you then cut contracts with germany? Just say "Ok, so you refuse to participate, then we will pull out company X out of the country or not allow german company Y to be located in in our country etc."
Just show that if germans try to israelite you, you israelite them in the same way. If they rely on USA in something you pressure them at that
do you seriously think anyone cares enough about getting tanks to Ukraine to risk an economic war with an important trading partner
Well then why all that gaslighting about "muh germans should send tanks" without an actual attempt to force it?
Just make a hint that some lucrative business deal might be delayed indefinitely because some papers need to be looked more into detail, or that the competition country suddenly seems attractive, or start digging behind aldi and lidl business in USA, or Volkswagen and suddenly find out that they dont fit the industrial standarts.
There are ways to give hints that not sending tanks will end up being more expensive for germany than those tanks
>an important trading partner
>russia
Black person Russia is a rapidly failing state. This isn't 2005 anymore. You want gas? Then be on the winning side of the war and take the fricking gas for free as reparations when Russia inevitably collapses.
He meant between Germany and the U.S. if the U.S. decides to pressure Germany into sending tanks through sanctions.
That's the spirit. Wish more Westerners were like you.
Why the b***hing about not allowing others to send them?
Why not just say we wont send their own but the others can decide what they want?
Because germany has done frick all for Nato let alone the EU defense wise.
Even estonia made the GDP targets.
>Or neither.
We truly live in gay Earth.
Federal Cuckmany.
It will end with Americans moving axis to UK-Poland-Ukraine. Germans gonna shit themselves when this happen.
France is going to shit itself. Germans or too lobotomized to understand the foreign policy implications and maneuvering at this point, and are happy with any outcome.
>Germans or too lobotomized to understand the foreign policy implications
They understand the implications very well, they just play dumb. They just don't consider Poland an issue and they hope to just sit on the fance, because it benefits them. They want to lead Europe but on their terms.
Nah, Germans have lost the ability to think about foreign policy the way other European countries or the U.S. do. They are somewhat like Indians in that sense. They think they are better than everyone else and are just biding their time, but continously choose the most moronic and uncooperative path, only to then whine when they get rightfully shit on.
Trust me, being inflicted with the curse of being German and talking to many otherwise smart people, I know what I'm talking about. Germany is shitting the bed once more, having learned nothing and the voters like it that way.
If you push too hard now, they will get pissy and start complaining, pointing out "how much Germany already gave Ukraine". Best course would be to ignore Germany as if it wasn't there. The U.S. should organize a scheme with Poland, Spain, the Nordics or whoever to get Leopards into Ukraine and not give a shit about Germany's approval. Let the German government spell ot out, that they demand to stop helping Ukraine without Germany's approval and then rub their faces in that statement until that government falls apart.
moron, they cant send leopards to ukraine because its part of the terms of sale of the leopards in the first place that german approval needs to be sought before selling or gifting to another nation. Breaking the trade deal means huge legal reprecussions, likely including a massive EU fine and a stoppage of sale of parts. Yeah they could refuse to pay the fine, and get hit with further legal and economic sanctions. You can ignore Germany in trying to make a plan for Ukraine, but you cant ignore them in trying to send leopards. If America cares so much then it should just send 1000 M1A2s over, doesnt matter if Ukraine wants leo2s, they wont get them if Germany doesnt want them to.
Germany can't hit the entire rest of europe with sanctions lol. Besides, putting germany before actual consequences might cause the coalition to break and Scholz either revising his stance for real or being removed.
Who is there with leo 2s who are willing to give them?
Not France- Leclerc
Not Italy -Ariete
Not UK -Challenger
Only minor nations like Poland, Greece, Denmark Lithuania. And then Spain as the only major European Nation who uses them. The Dutch no longer even really have their own tanks, they share like 15 with Germany. They absolutely can sanction each and every one of these, and if they break terms of trade deals and then refuse to rectify them, the sanctions could be Europe-wide rather than just German.
You would still be breaking international trade rules which will put you in government shit lists everywhere no matter how noble your intentions are.
Contracts get broken and fines get paid all the time. It's not the end of the world, it just needs to be worth their while. As a bonus Germany loses face in international relations, loses future contracts as their current trade partners buy from the US and SK instead, and remaining Leopards get sent off to die in Ukraine.
Its not the end of the world but its intentionally made to be a major legal and economic headache for any nation who breaks them, and additionally they wont be offered German contracts in future, and future contract offerers will naturally be suspicious of said nations breaking their own terms of contract.
That's why I said have the U.S. organize some scheme. Germany happily pushes smaller countries around all the time. If Germany threatens to sue for breach of contract against i.e. Spain, the U.S. should say they found another reason to fine VW or block LNG shipments from Qatar outright.
Germany only speaks the language of the powerful, which is why many German top leader still lick Russian boots. Russia broke all kinds of contracts and treaties, including fundamental internation human rights treaties and stupid c**ts here still talk about dialogue and diplomacy. So the signal is clear: twist Germany's arm and they can become quite amenable.
As the other Anon said, if all Europeans who want to truly help Ukraine banded together or with the U.S. which should rightfully be pissed at Germany for the above statement, they could overcome the German yoke.
I would actually like to see Germany trying to fine Poland, Spain and Finland for trying to help the Ukrainians. That would be one hell of a PR disaster for them.
They'd just get the EU to do it.
US doesnt have the power to block anything from Quatar, they could find a reason to fine VW, and then Germany would find a reason to fine US or push for EU legislation to blanket ban some US export from the EU, France would back them up. Starting a trade war within NATO, in which strictly speaking Germany is entirely legally in the right, isnt a good idea. Especially when the mutts literally have thousands of spare tanks just lying around, Ukraine doesnt actually *need* leopard 2s, theyre good tanks, but the Ukranians just want to make future co-operation between Germany and Russia harder.
Germany wouldn't risk a trade war with the U.S. and an assortment of EU countries just to get terrible PR for not helping Ukraine enough. Germany bscked itself into a corner due to moronation and deceit. It's time to finish this shitshow and squeeze the shit out if it. Make it send those tanks. There is no future cooperation with Russia unless it is completely obliterated by a coordinated Europe who all do their part of ending the war as decisively as possible in Ukraines favor.
Most of Europe is unenthusiastic about Ukraine, people have thoughts and prayers and all that but nobody is interested in going to war and nobody wants to make sacrifices on their account. PR is useful for a ruling party but not neccessary. If the US initiated a trade war with Germany then the entire EU would be dragged in too, as there are no internal customs barriers or tarrifs, and this would be seen as US bullying and dictating to the EU, which would inherently piss off the French and Italians too. A US initiated trade war would have the sole effect of splitting NATO and probably to the forcible closure of the few remaining US bases in Europe, as well as whatever further kick to exports that the US needs to fall into a recession. Only probably the UK and Poland would even consider backing the US in this.
That's my point though, Germany wouldn't risk a trade war now due to all the complications it would bring just to NOT send some tanks to Ukraine.
Germany is down. Keep kicking it, to force it to do the right thing. It has no bargaining chips and no goodwill. Even France is fed up with Germany at this point.
Again, believe me. I am German. I know for a fact that my beloved but moronic compatriots need a harsh reality check.
Germany absolutely would risk a trade war because all the German government ever does is double down on whatever stupid idea or policy it has decided on, in fact thats all every German or French government ever has ever done. They wont back down even if theres no loss for them in doing so. If it gets kicked then France will instinctually side with it, just to show that it cant be ignored by the kicker too. In times past it'd have sided with the kicker, but its reached the apex of its territorial expansion now and is now in an alliance with Germany. Between Germany and France, the rest of the EU follows, especially now that the UK is gone and Italy is probably about to enter its first corruption scandal of the year. I have truthfully no idea what Spain would do, but it will likely follow France's example.
German politicians love eating up whatever dumb shit the US throws at them, the only reason Merkel got upset at the mass surveillance of German citizens was because her buddy Obongo didn't exclude her specifically.
This is independent of the ruling party, both CDU and SPD smoke US wieners hard.
Germany would never ever risk any form of trade war with the US.
>Germany absolutely would risk a trade war because all the German government ever does is double down on whatever stupid idea or policy it has decided on, in fact thats all every German or French government ever has ever done.
Interwar German hyperinflation was caused entirely by the German government being moronic and spiteful
>German economy bouncing back after WW1
>Germany refuses to pay war indemnities
>France and Belgium occupy Ruhr so they can steal manufacturing output instead
>Instead of just taking the L and paying their debts Germany doubles down on its moronation
>Offers factory workers pay to not work in the occupied areas
>This of course induces inflation which spirals out of control until Britain convinces France and Belgium to give up and go home
>Rebounding German economy crippled by inflation caused by the spiteful German government
>Didn't even reduce their debt due to inflation because the indemnities were valued in the Franc
Ukraine maybe, but the main opposition party in Poland is Germany-controlled just like their current party is America-controlled so all Germany needs to do is to get the opposition to win the upcoming elections in Poland
*their current RULING party
certified midwit take, ironic, given pic related
>but the main opposition party in Poland is Germany-controlled
They were veeeeeeeery careful to make sure everybody in Poland forgets that fact, given how anti-German the Polish society is currently and they are teying to reimagine themselves, with questionable results. Trying to suck up to Germany currently, where 90% of Poles are convinced that one country they absolutely cannot rely on in dire need is Germany is a surefire way to lose an election.
they don't need to openly advertise that they're doing Germany's bidding to continue doing it
they just successfully blocked Poland's strategic infrastructure developments on the Oder last month
>KO is Germany controlled
moron
>PiS is USA controlled
It's not, they're useful morons for Russia, but not controlled by anyone
surely there are agents in both PIS and KO/PO - some of their antics are just too moronic
>useful morons for russia
>already opposed to them since georgia, while Tusk was trying to potray himself as Putin's pal
To be fair, the Burgers also seem scared of making Monke mad. So, they are all cowards.
the thing is, sending Abrams to Ukraine is flat out fricking stupid because it has a god damn maintenance hungry jet engine inside of it, that nobody in Ukraine has a clue how to maintain, and the country that makes the part is an ocean away.
it's not any more fuel-hungry than engine in t-84, and maintenance part resolved by training some maintenance guys
there's still quite a few months until mud goes away, so there's time to train them along with crews
I believe it uses 25% more fuel than the T80
dunno about t-80, but t-84 specs on morozov website list 320-370 lliters/100km, and numbers on abrams i was able to find put it at 0.6 miles per gallon, so about 390 liters/100km
you have no idea what you're talking about and should stop posting until you've gotten off mt stupid
Awww gee, if only Ukraine used a tank that has a similar engine, to get experience on working on gas turbine
I'm a retired jet mech (avionics on Bronco and Phantom, engine troop and crew chief on F-16 A/B/C/D/CJ) and much more, and you are a moron.
Turbines are really quite simple and easy to learn to work on which if you had any experience you would know. Power packs are replaced in the field, not rebuilt though any non-shit mechanic could use one tank as an expedient test cell which is no different than swapping jet engine external parts on the flightline then stuffing the engine back in to ops-check.
Why do non-technical idiots spout off about machinery? You idiot gorilla kBlack folk (not just vatniks) should be asking not telling.
dude, every moron on this board has been spouting off non-reasons on why you can't send M1s to Ukraine, the place they were designed to fight in in a Cold War gone hot scenario
Keep in mind that Saudi Arabia managed to operate them and they are not only arabs but one of the worst armies of the world.
Burgers don't want to give Ukraine the tanks for whatever reason and logistics are the excuse, then? Clown world.
It's not about logistics, Abrams could be perfectly fixed and maintained in Poland if you don't want to do it in Ukraine. This is some kind of political autistic "nah you first" between US and Germany. (Because UK already sent MBTs so they could be blamed if monke goes full moron because of muh escalation).
In my opinion, they are waiting to see if Putin calls another mass mobilization.
It's hard for me to get too pissed at the US regardless. Apparently they're announcing another multi-billion dollar package of kit on Friday that's going to include another 50 Bradleys + 100 Strykers and a bunch of other shit: I assume more arty (maybe more Paladins?) and hundreds of thousands of shells. It would be great if the US sent Abrams but they're sending so much important shit Scholz looks like a pathetic child in comparison.
Oh yeah I agree. I actually don't understand this whole MBTs taboo when just HIMARS alone are way more dangerous for the whole russian operation. Bradleys could even be better than Abrams in a lot of situations we usually see in Ukraine. Probably just German autism or they just don't want to use the MBT card yet for reasons we don't know.
>Probably just German autism
You give the German government too much credit. They really are Russian dickriders who would prefer that Ukraine had already lost.
Just please promise to kill another 100,000 russians. Don't let the ghosts of previous generations who built these war machines and already died cry, especially not in my house at night
All these motherfrickers have to do is not block the transfer of leopards by other nations. It's all they have to do.
Other nations should send the tanks anyway, what is Germany going to do, file a lawsuit?
Germany cannot physically stop a nation from sending tanks. And if Germany complains about breach of contract just announce that you're ceasing all military contracts with Germany
ah germany typical no trust for them
It's all so tiresome.
When globohomosexual blatantly blew up those Baltic Sea pipelines to Germany, they ensured Germany would slowly frick globohomosexual back. Enjoy the frickin', globohomosisters.
allowing germany to have autonomy was a mistake. We should have colonized it.
US should just send a fricking token M60 patton from the scrap yard.
US doesn't even have any M60s left. Not outside of museums anyway. Doesn't Turkey and maybe Egypt still have some? US should buy them for Ukraine and send Germany the bill.
GODDAMN IT GERMANY.
Send the fricking tanks, you useless b***hes. No more pathetic excuses.
US merc crews will certainly be maintaining the Abrams, like they do with anything beyond small arms in Banderastan. That's the problem with the hohol conscripts, they're exclusively cannon fodder.
>surprised that all krauts are all vatnik lovers
germany
austria
switzerland
Meanwhile, even the French are examining the feasibility of sending Leclercs to Ukraine.
It's a playing Wargame with a mixed deck episode
So let me get this straight: the US has sent a shitload of HIMARS, M777s, M113s, M109s, HARMs and now a shitload of Bradleys and Strykers but fricking Poland and Spain can't send ancient ass Leopards because the US hasn't sent M1s yet? How the frick does that make sense? Britain and France have both sent tanks just in the last week and Poland and Czechia sent tanks almost a year ago. What the frick are these commies smoking? Other than Russian wiener I mean..
NATO is pathetic. Pathetic cucks. Pathetic cowards. Pathetic eunuchs.
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Both eventually. Plus more AMX-10 RCs.
Scholz is gonna get raped at the next elections. Dude is an embarrassment and probably a Russian asset.
Like a week or two ago the Germans were denying they said this
And then they confirm they indeed did say that. Fricking cuck country
Before that, they said they will not send tanks until other western tanks are going to be sent.
Now that Chally 2s are confirmerd, the goalpost moved to specifically M1 Abrams.
I recall them talking about Abrams tanks even back then.
I said it in the other thread and I'll say it here:
it's not that they won't send tanks, it's that they can't. And they're trying to hide this fact no matter what.
Krauts just don't want everyone to learn that from their 350 leopards only about 120 are combat ready.
I wonder how much this hurts the reputation of german arms industry. I can see Poland phasing out everything Germanic after the war.
Germany's arms industry is fricked because of the restrictions places on their products, a lack of production capacity, and unwillingness to allow enough licensed versions to be built in other countries. We're already starting to see them get their lunch eaten by competitors in multiple countries across Europe/NATO.
US: buy 1 leopard from Poland
send it to Ukraine
US: loloooll now U have to send all your tanks, Germany lelellelel I trool you
If Poland could just *sell* their Leopards we wouldn't be having this shitshow. But it's Germany that decides what Poland does with their Leopards
Eventually they'll just do it and tell the Germans that if they do anything about it, they'll just stop buying German military hardware.
>they'll just stop buying German military hardware.
They already did. Why you think Poland decided to go for Korean/American toys rather than German?
It won't stop at Poland.
>We won't send Leopards because no other nation is sending tanks - no, stop that Spain, you can't send your Leopards
>*Poland and Czech Republic and Slovakia send tanks*
>Well OK they sent tanks but they're not WESTERN tanks haha so we're not sending those until somebody else sends them
>*France sends AMX's*
>Well OK they sent western tanks but those are 'light tanks' not MBT so we don't have to send anything until that happens
>*UK sends Challenger 2's*
>Well OK they sent western tanks that are also MBT but we're not going to send any until USA does haha....
Why is anybody shocked that the perfidious Germ is a underhanded homosexual? Worst part is that /k/ is full of their IDF.
krauts know that if leo 2s get sent, then countries will start dumping their leos into Ukraine because they realize they will never get newer leos some time this century.
Then Europe buys Korean/American mix just like Poland and germany will get muscled out in their own continent.
And it's all their fault. krauts have been gutting their own MIC while resting on the cope that "all these countries have the old leos so they'll obviously buy the new leos".
Just look at Norway. The K2 was supposed to be a token gesture and now they're in the lead by most accounts.
I like how the german government is doing a better job of destroying german military industry than the RAF ever could dream of
wtf France is strongly considering sending Leclerc tanks
I appreciate that all of NATO got together to peer pressure Krauts into not sucking Russian wiener. Even the frogs, traditionally traitors to NATO are in on it.
would be kino to see Leopards, Challengers, Abrams and Leclercs together destroying russians
NATO finally doing the needful
Krauts are compromised by Russian agents. There is literally no fallback position now the UK gave tanks. Of course they're trying by demanding USA send Abrams even though USA has regularly explained the Abrams is a unique machine in regards to maintenance and shit.
Technically, there is an Abrams maintenance base being built in Poland, because Poles would need it for their tanks, but the snag is - it will be months if not years before it's operational and Ukrainians need tanks NOW.
there have been tank repair depots in Poland for years
abrams tanks were deployed to Poland after 2014 invasion - where they were serviced for all those years?
Tanks benefit from but do not require complex maintenance facilities. Portable shelters and deployable maintenance packages exist for good reasons.
As aircraft can be completely repaired and maintained by deployed equipment so can vehicles. Dedicated facilities are much more comfortable and it's faster working out of the weather though.
Next up...
Germany shocked to find China reverse engineering German tanks...
The eternal germ
There are c**tloads of T-72s around the world, many upgraded.
They just want Leopards 2 to cause a permanent rift
what if the Germans just want to keep Leopards away from the battlefield because they're afraid they'd be exposed as shit tanks?
Hasnt stopped them from selling to Turkey where they get destroyed in embarrasing ways, nor has that stopped US from selling M1A2 to the Saudis, where they also get destroyed in embarrasing ways.
Its likely because while in principle they want to be seen to support Ukraine, from a pragmatic point of view they want to mend relations with Russia and have this entire thing over with ASAP.
>green abrams
fellas.... the only thing that could make this better is if they sent those M60A3s with the TUSK upgrades
I'd say this is a bad idea due to how obsolete they are, but frankly its not like Russia or Ukraine arent already using obsolete tanks themselves.
EU has few dozen leo tanks they can give to Ukraine without sacrificing own defense
USA has 1000s of m1 laying around and can easily give them in meaningful numbers
But germany is the bad guy in the story?
Yeah, because they literally need their permission to send the tanks, what's so hard to understand here?
And the US has actually carried its weight when it comes to aid.
Nobody has sent a formal request to transfer their Leo 2s yet
Why is this even a discussion? Germany has no Leopards it can send and the German industry could maybe send a hand full next year if it's agreed on now.
America has a frickton of Abrams in storage that don't do shit.
Why do people keep on begging Germany for everything? Selensky is getting more and more annoying every day with his entitled begging. I'm starting to understand why people describe Slavs as "White Black folk" when all he does is "Gibsmedat".
>won't allow
i don't think any official request for approval has been made yet, say from Poland
Ukranians are ungrateful subhumans
Hope we don’t send any Abrams.
>whaaa whaaa why isn't Germany taking the initiative in the anglo proxy war