How is Germany pivotal to any decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and what difference will they make in the war with Russia?
that Ukraine and its biggest Western backers hope will boost Kyiv’s fight against Russian invaders.
Here's a look at what those tanks might mean for Ukraine's defence against Russian forces - and hopes for driving them out.Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the manufacturer of the Leopard 2, touts it as “the world's leading battle tank" that for over nearly a half-century has combined aspects of firepower, protection, speed and manoeuvrability, making it adaptable to many types of combat situations.
According to a recent analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based global think tank, some 350 Leopard 2s - in different versions - have been sent to Greece, and Poland has about 250 of varying types. Finland has 200 in operation or in storage. A Leopard 2 tank is pictured during a demonstration event held for the media by the German Bundeswehr in Munster near Hannover, Germany, Sep 28, 2011. Yohann Michel, a research analyst for defence and military affairs at IISS, said such tanks could allow Ukraine to go onto the offensive in the 11-month-old conflict that has been stalemated for months following two key Ukrainian counteroffensives that recaptured areas occupied by Russian forces for months in the northeast and south.
Western deliveries of Leopard 2s could help equip Ukraine with needed high-calibre munitions to replace its own Soviet-era stockpiles that have been dwindling - opening a new avenue for supplies of Western firepower to get to Ukraine.
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