German leader urges allies with stocks to send them, as efforts to equip Ukraine stall. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Talks are ongoing with the Netherlands, but Berlin is opposed to them sending the 14 A6s because that would “weaken the operational readiness” of a joint German-Dutch brigade where they are used.
Besides the hardware, sustaining tank supplies for Ukraine and ensuring Europe’s own stocks for its defence means “training engineers and mechanics, establishing supply chains for intermediate products and raw materials, and building new factories and storage facilities”. “Until the number of Western tanks reaches into the hundreds, Ukrainians are trained to use them effectively as part of combined arms teams, and develop the capability to support them logistically, they will not be the game-changer that some expect,” said Mr Robert Hamilton, an expert at the US Army War College.
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