German Leopard tanks already started To operate in the Kherson direction, someone drowned in the swamp as a result of the actions of a Russian sabotage detachment – this statement was made by the commander of one of the units of the Sokol volunteer battalion on Friday, April 14. call sign “Taurus”. Words lead the way DEA News.
“The shelling of road barricades by Leopard tanks was repeatedly recorded here. Leopard tanks followed. There is a story from our colleagues when a sabotage platoon captured a Leopard tank, we communicate with them.
They could not drag him back, they took him and drowned him in a swamp. “Leopards are here, they’re coming to visit,” he said.
According to the interlocutor of the organization, Russian fighters also noted that the Ukrainian side is using German anti-aircraft missile systems.
Delivery of German tanks
At the end of January 2023, Western countries began to announce the supply of Leopard to Ukraine. The newspaper wrote that according to official figures, 14 tanks were received from Poland, 8 tanks from Norway and 18 tanks from the Federal Republic of Germany, Portugal will send 3 more tanks and Spain 6 more tanks to Kiev. El Pais.
On April 10, it was reported from Denmark that Caesar’s self-propelled artillery mounts and Leopard 1 tanks will be delivered to Kiev by summer. According to the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Troels, Lund Poulsen, the first Caesars could enter the Ukrainian Armed Forces in May.
“We hope to deliver the Caesar artillery systems to Ukraine next month. On Leopard tanks, Denmark signed an agreement with Germany two months ago. We aim to start deliveries by the summer.”
According to him, Denmark expects to supply about 100 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine within six months, at the same time Poulsen proposed to “discuss later” the supply of Leopard 2, the newspaper writes. “Kommersant”.
In general, the supply of Leopard tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been approved by Germany, Denmark, Spain, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Portugal. UK and USA plan to send Challenger and Abrams tanks to Ukraine, reminds red blood cell.
The Leopard 2 is a German main tank. The development program of this combat vehicle began in 1970, and the first prototype was built in 1972, and in 1976 the Leopard 2 AV prototype was subjected to comparative tests with the Abrams prototype at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in the United States. The first serial Leopard 2 tank was delivered to the German army on October 25, 1979.
According to military experts, the Leopard 2 is a change in design philosophy and a leap in development compared to the previous Leopard and its A1 – A5 modifications.
The tank, which has undergone a number of improvements since its inception and has various modifications such as a special tank based on it, is in service with 19 armies of the world. Most of the states based on it developed their own modifications of the tank. At the beginning of 2015, more than 3,600 main tanks of this type were produced.