1/11/2024 0 Comments Modern german battle tank![]() After Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the creation of a special defense fund of 100 billion euros to compensate for the chronic underfunding of the German army in the past. The ordering of large batches of armored vehicles is to take place within the framework of Germany’s new military modernization policy that was triggered by the Russian-Ukrainian war. The contract for the Puma infantry fighting vehicles includes an option for 61 additional units, taking the total ordered to 111. ![]() Leopard 2A8 main battle tank produced by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann.Ī day earlier, on May 11, the German government approved the purchase of 50 Puma infantry fighting vehicles at a cost of €1.5 billion, and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius raised the prospect of another order later this year. The new tanks should enter the German army as early as 2025. Washington’s reported promise on 24 February to deliver a significant number of its own Abrams tanks appears to have broken the deadlock.Īn official US announcement on delivering Abrams is expected in the coming days.According to the German publication Europaische Sicherheit & Technik, the Bundeswehr will for the first time order the Leopard 2A8 tanks produced by the German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. With this project the Leopard also received. Germany has tried to tie the supply of Leopards to a wider coalition that would supply other tanks, including US Abrams – a tank viewed by experts as being less suitable for the war in Ukraine because of its heavy consumption of fuel. The quantum leap in the modernisation of the German Leopard 2A4 main battle tank was the upgrade to the A5 version. The supply of main battle tanks had been seen as problematic because of their much more obviously offensive capabilities. ![]() It prefers a multilateral approach on arms supply to Ukraine rather than being seen to be moving unilaterally.Īlthough Germany has supplied a large amount of equipment to Ukraine, including armoured cars, it has also been wrestling with its post-second world war tradition of anti-militarism. Germany’s position on sending heavy weaponry has been conflicted. ![]() Chart of Leopard 2 inventories of European and Nato countries Why the delay? ![]()
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