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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.