Germany allows shipment of Leopard tanks to Ukraine

German government approved the shipment of tanks leopard 2 According to information from the German weekly, Ukraine is willing to allow the transfer of at least one company of the “Leopard 2A6” model to the country. Der Spiegel.

Poland, which was willing to send tanks to Kyiv without a green light from Berlin the day before, took the first step on Tuesday by announcing it had asked Germany to move Leopard 2s to Ukraine.

“The Leopard 2 is a German-built armored fighting vehicle that can accommodate four soldiers and strike targets at a range of up to 5,000 meters. As a result, production was discontinued in 1969.

The idea of ​​that project – to build a tank that combined mobility with defensive and combat capabilities – had only seven prototypes left, but both the United States and Germany continued to work in that direction.