Sébastien Roblin: Supplying new, tougher armored vehicles will improve Ukraine’s ability to liberate territory. - NBCNewsTHINK
have sophisticated thermal sights that will make them more likely to detect and destroy enemy forces, especially at night.
Of course, these vehicles can still be disabled by weapons designed to kill heavy tanks. But their better sensors, armor and weapons mean they can be used much more aggressively to attempt to break through enemy lines and liberate territory. Importantly, the Bradley and Marder’s troop-carrying capability means that whenever the terrain gets dense , putting the valuable tanks at risk of deadly ambushes, infantry can jump out and flush out enemies concealed in buildings, trenches or dense forests — with covering fire from the fighting vehicles bristling with small but rapid-firing cannons and anti-tank missiles.
It’s also worth pointing out to critics of assistance to Ukraine that these vehicles are being supplied at almost no cost, as the, while Germany and France are in the process of replacing their armed forces’s remaining Marders and AMX-10RCs in favor of newer designs. To be sure, there will certainly be costs in helping Ukraine train for, supply and maintain these new, heavier vehicles. And some have bemoaned that the 90 Bradley and Marders are only enough to equip a single mechanized brigade — while Ukraine regular army beganA Marder infantry fighting vehicle of the German armed forces participates in the NATO Iron Wolf military exercises on Oct. 26, 2022, in Pabrade, Lithuania.
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