12/26/2023 0 Comments Modern leopard 2 german tank commander![]() Spain, Greece and Sweden also have considerable Leopard 2 stocks which could be used to supply Ukraine. Poland still has some 108 unupgraded 2A4 models and 105 more modern 2A5 models. Poland, which has been a frontrunner in the call to deliver western tanks to Ukraine, currently has 34 Leopard 2s updated to their own 2PL and 2PLM1 standards from the old Bundeswehr 2A4 models. Finland, which has already publicly stated it is mulling the move, has some 239 Leopard 2 tanks in its inventory, 100 of which are updated to the 2A6 standard, while the others are kept in reserve or have been converted into anti-air, bridge-laying or mine-clearing vehicles. The German media note that other countries, including Scandinavian allies, are also interested in donating their Leopard 2 tanks, with an apparent “Leopard coalition” brewing in the west. ![]() ![]() Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly reached a decision to deliver some of Bundeswehr’s Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, and to allow other countries to do so as well, after several days of intense pressure from allies to open the doors to deliveries of the most available western tanks to Kyiv.Īccording to Der Spiegel, Germany will send at least one company’s worth of Leopard 2A6 tanks, which in most armies is 14 tanks – three platoons of four tanks and two tanks for the company commander and his second-in-command.īerlin’s decision appears to have been hastened by Warsaw, which sent a formal request to Germany to donate some of its own Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv – a move which would require Berlin’s permission as all of Germany’s arms export contracts stipulate mandatory approval from Germany in order to re-export the weapons legally.
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