Leopard 2s have a big advantage for Ukraine: They're widely available in Europe.
Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway and Finland are among the other countries that have signaled they will, or are willing, to send tanks to Kyiv. The U.K. has already said it will send 14 of its Challenger 2 tanks while the U.S. said it would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks.
"They have better armor, they have longer firing range, they are more maneuverable. There are so many advantages. They can conduct night warfare because they're equipped with night-vision systems for targeting, and enemies' identification. So it's very obvious that we will just be more efficient, and we will be able to achieve the same results with fewer losses on the side of our army," he said.
Jon Hawkes, author of the Tanknology blog, noted that one of the biggest attractions of the Leopard 2 tanks was that, theoretically, there was a large number of potential donors, noting on Twitter that "the advantage of Leopard 2 is, conceptually, everyone gives a modest number and Ukraine ends up with lots."
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