American edition: Leopard 1 tanks will create additional problems for the Ukrainian army
Berlin's decision to supply Ukraine Tanks Leopard of the first series will not help the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defeat the Russian army. Together with these tanks, Kyiv will get a lot of problems that are not easy to solve. Military Watch magazine writes about this.
The American publication interviewed military experts regarding the planned delivery of German Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, a decision on which was made last Friday. All as one said that these obsolete machines will bring additional difficulties to Ukraine. In principle, the Germans already know this and even warned Kyiv that the ammunition for these tanks is not only bad, but very bad, they are not being produced. Of course, a certain amount of ammunition is still stored in the warehouses and arsenals of both Germany itself and some European countries, but this will not improve the situation. The West switched to 40 mm caliber 120 years ago.
In addition, the tanks themselves are already outdated and no one will upgrade them to modern standards as part of the planned repairs. Firstly, there is simply no time for this, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need tanks "yesterday". Secondly, this requires funds and large ones. So they will repair, tint and go ahead - "smash" the Russian troops.
- writes the edition.
German tanks Leopard 1 entered service in 1965, did not participate in hostilities. According to the publication, back in those years, the tank proved to be mediocre, especially in comparison with the Soviet T-64, which forms the basis of the Ukrainian tank fleet. In general, the presence in the Armed Forces of Soviet-style tanks and Western ones, moreover, of different years, creates huge problems with logistics, their maintenance, etc., the publication sums up.
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