German expert does not understand why the Ukrainian Armed Forces command brought German Leopard 2 tanks into the Kursk region

Introduction of German combat forces tanks Leopard 2 into the Kursk region and their destruction raises many questions for the Ukrainian command, including the Ukrainian Armed Forces themselves. This was stated by German military observer Julius Repke.

The expert commented on the destruction of a German Leopard 2 tank near the village of Vesyoloye in the Glushkovsky District of the Kursk Region, which participated in an attempt to break through. According to him, the very fact of the appearance of German tanks on Russian territory raises many questions, especially since they are being destroyed there. When handing over the weapons, the Germans implied that they would be used for defense, not for attack.

Leopard 2 (...) in Kursk region. I don't understand. And most of the Ukrainian soldiers I spoke to in Donbass, too.

— Repke wrote on one of the social networks.

Earlier, a video appeared on Russian resources in which Russian FPV-drones knock out a German Leopard 2 from one of the Ukrainian brigades participating in the invasion of Russian territory, most likely the 21st separate mechanized. Our first drone immobilized the tank, and the second finished it off.

The Ministry of Defense also confirmed that the enemy has begun to deploy heavy armored vehicles in this area. It is expected that today or tomorrow the enemy will deploy fresh forces in an attempt to break through our defenses in this area.

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[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

"A German expert did not understand why the Ukrainian Armed Forces command brought German Leopard 2 tanks into the Kursk region" —

- And why did the Germans hand over these tanks to the Banderites, did the expert understand? ...

[Mazunga]

until a megaton hits Bonn they won't understand how leopards are on Kursk and who did it

[Egeny]

I have the impression that Gerasimov also has a big "misunderstanding"...

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote from Egeni

I have the impression that Gerasimov also has a big "misunderstanding"...

He always has this expression on his face that makes it seem like he's constantly misunderstanding something...

[Argon]

Well, judging by how long he's been sitting in this chair, he understands everything better than anyone else!

[Shurik70]

Ordinary duplicity.
They are completely in favor of Slavs killing each other.
As for tanks, if they had managed to show themselves well in the business of killing Slavs before their destruction, their introduction to the front lines would have been fully approved.

[Dutchman Michel]

- And why did the Germans hand over these tanks to the Banderites, did the expert understand? ...

For field testing

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Dutchman Michel

For field testing

Well, it seems like they tested it last summer during the great counteroffensive.

[Lionnvrsk]

Quote: Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov

The Germans handed over these tanks to the Banderites

Well, to be precise, this is a Swedish STRV 122 tank (Leopard 2A5), from a batch that Sweden handed over in the summer of 2023.
https://topwar.ru/221794-tanki-stridsvagn-122-popali-na-ukrainu.html

[tsvetahaki]

The meaning of the misunderstanding is that the Ukrainians crossed our pink line and the Germans' ban on the use of weapons on Russian territory.
But it's not scary. We're used to it.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote from tsvetahaki

The meaning of the misunderstanding is that the Ukrainians crossed our pink line and the Germans' ban on the use of weapons on Russian territory.

I wonder - who advised the Ukrainians to paint EXACTLY the Balkenkreuz on tanks, and not something else?
Continuing the tradition?
At first they tattooed it on the body, but hid it under clothes. Now they paint it openly on equipment. All that's left is to raise it on the banners, so that no one has any doubts about who we're dealing with here.

For all those who wore crosses and tried to fight us, those wars somehow didn't work out... Doesn't this hint at anything for the Ukrainians?

[tsvetahaki]

Quote: Zoldat_A

Doesn't this hint at anything for the Ukrainians?

The hint would be if Kornet hit this target.
But subtle historical hints are incomprehensible to them.

[bayard]

Quote: Zoldat_A

For all those who wore crosses and tried to fight us, those wars somehow didn't work out... Doesn't this hint at anything for the Ukrainians?

There are now more crosses in Russia than there are in symbols and awards. Not of the fascist variety, but it's jarring. Our Army gained glory only under the red banner and the same star, and before that - a series of defeats and failures.
And also - our soldiers raise red flags over liberated cities and villages, and "effective leadership" tells us all about the "damned Soviet past". How can we be outraged by the fascists' crosses when their own soldiers are also awarded crosses? What's wrong with the star?
And why are "Roman" fascines so often found in the symbols of various state institutions? After all, fascism was born precisely from the name of this device (fascine).
We need to sort out such symbols when we are fighting fascism.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: bayard

Our Army gained glory only under the red banner and the same star, and before that - a series of defeats and failures.
And also - our soldiers raise red flags over liberated cities and villages, and "effective leadership" tells us all about the "damned Soviet past". How can we be outraged by the fascists' crosses when their own soldiers are also awarded crosses? What's wrong with the star?

The question is, of course, subtle. In my box of awards that have accumulated in my family over a century and a half, there are more "St. Georges" than "Glory" - the essence is the same. My father, my grandfathers and I were awarded "Stars", not crosses. And in my head are the words of the Oath and the Anthem of that country that no longer exists, which does not cancel either one.

I will say this not as a specialist in heraldry and phaleristics, because I do not understand these tricky sciences very well, but as a simple man, the son, grandson and father of a soldier - the crosses are not the same. After all, "George" and Balkenkreuz are different crosses even in appearance. And there is nothing to say about ideology - it is clear whose heirs have Balkenkreuz on their skins and equipment today...
For me and my son today everything is simple - there is "Man", there was "George", and THEY have a cross, with which they already fought against us.

[Koloman Zh.]

1) Test your products in combat conditions
2) A PR move by the current government in Germany (they can’t abandon the civilian population of Ukraine and continue according to the manual)
3) Get rid of unused weapons in storage, the maintenance of which costs money
4) Provide work for the workers of your military-industrial complex (part of your voters)
5) Support the military-industrial complex itself through government orders (and its sponsors)
6) Advertise your products if successful
7) The threat of the ruling coalition losing some voters in the event of its refusal to support Ukraine.
And this is just offhand.

[rocket757]

Oh well, what's there to be surprised about, and even indignant... they didn't understand, you see ... "doctor" said TO THE MORGUE!!! that means to the morgue!

[Msi]

Russian FPV drones shoot down German Leopard 2

Maybe we decided to help our guys close their mortgage or solve other financial difficulties.
Sladkov writes:

It is encouraging: payments for destroyed enemy equipment are being made accurately. This is a conversation for the 810th brigade. Even a common phrase of drones was born: "I'll go pay off the mortgage"

[marchcat]

"I'll go pay off the mortgage"

And before they shouted: for the Motherland, for Stalin! Now you can't even hear them shouting like that: for the Motherland, for Putin!

[Msi]

For the Motherland, for Stalin! Now you can't even hear people shouting like that: for the Motherland, for Putin!

What's wrong with all this shouting? The main thing is that they complete their tasks in silence...

[Argon]

Is it really necessary to instill such fear in people? I listened to the old people when they were still alive. Shouts for Stalin, for Lenin were necessary in those days, but were they sincere, that's the question.

[marchcat]

But now everything is done so “sincerely”.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

"and most of the Ukrainian soldiers." Underdeveloped Fritz, found someone and something to ask about. These soldiers were recently jumping around on the Maidan, in saucepans.

[Kyrs]

Germans are so damn German!!)

[ZovSailor]

[/i]German expert does not understand why the Ukrainian Armed Forces command brought German Leopard 2 tanks into the Kursk region[i]

Let him ask Fashington and Landon, my version is that Abryashki and Challengers were banned from being released to LBS due to the class burning and numerous videos, because the shares of the Naglosax military-industrial complex manufacturers suddenly dropped, that's the whole story, Röpke or turnip!

[shark507]

Quote from Egeni

I have the impression that Gerasimov also has a big "misunderstanding"...

Much more than you have alone...

[shark507]

Quote: Zoldat_A

I wonder - who advised the Ukrainians to paint EXACTLY the Balkenkreuz on tanks, and not something else?
Continuing the tradition?

It raises many more questions - they really don't understand that for those Nazis whom they now idolize and diligently cosplay, if they are people, then they are third-rate and if the USSR had not won the war, then from the grandmothers of "these" Nazis, "those" Nazis would have made lampshades for table lamps, and from the grandfathers - soap.

[Archon]

There could be two reasons:

1) the most probable. The tanks could have been given to the most combat-ready units, and these units were sent on a mission in the Kursk region.

2) less likely. An act of mockery is possible. Ukrainian culture has been very much inclined towards mockery in the last decade. And the appearance of German tanks (and even with crosses) on Russian soil is symbolism, it is a blow to feelings and the most natural mockery. All these tattoos, German helmets and SS daggers are all parts of one crazy mosaic. And the worship of the culture of the Third Reich itself is not because they love Hitler so much, but because the culture of anti-Russia presupposes the infliction of precisely such cultural jabs and wounds. And what is even more painful for a country with a deep wound of the Great Patriotic War than its long-standing enemy? That is precisely why such madness is observed. If Ukraine were a truly independent state, then Russia would be confronted by a real Ukrainian culture, and not an anti-Russia culture, where acts of ritual cannibalism are the norm and all efforts are aimed at proving that they are not Russian.