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The Leopard 1 “is made for driving and shooting,” one Danish instructor said.

Ukraine refused to accept a recent batch of 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks sent by Germany, saying they need repairs that the Ukrainian military is not able to carry out, the German news outlet Spiegel reported on Sept. 19.

"A few days ago" Ukraine refused to accept a batch of 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany, saying they need to be repaired but Ukraine has no technicians and components for this. Source: European Pravda with reference to German media outlet Spiegel A few days ago, Spiegel reports, Kyiv informed the special staff of the Ministry of Defence of Germany that the German Leopard 1 tanks that arrived in Poland are in need of repairs, some of them require a major overhaul.

The first Leopard 1 tanks supplied by Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands have arrived in Ukraine. Source: AFP, referring to the Danish Armed Forces, reported by European Pravda Quote: "The first 10 tanks have been sent to Ukraine.

“These are some of the things our Ukrainian friends must learn to exploit,” the instructor said.

It’s one thing to pledge a bunch of surplus tanks to the Ukrainian war effort. It’s another to get the old tanks into working order and train crews to operate them

Berlin has transferred 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine as part of its latest military aid package for Ukraine, the German government said on Aug. 30.

Greece would donate to Ukraine around 100 of its Leopard 1A5s. To compensate Greece, Germany would buy from a Swiss firm an equal number of ex-Italian Leopard 1A5s.

The German-made Leopard 1A5 is on track to be, by far, the most numerous Western-made tank in Ukrainian service.

There already are indications the uncommon SABCA systems on those 50 Leopard 1A5BEs are in bad shape.