ABC News: 12 countries are ready to transfer 100 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine as soon as Germany gives permission for deliveries

By: Myroslav Trinko | 24.01.2023, 12:18

According to ABC News, 12 countries agreed to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks during a meeting at the Ramstein base.

Here's What We Know

A Ukrainian official told this anonymously. According to him, Ukraine may receive about 100 tanks if Germany gives an export license. The official did not say which specific countries were in question, but officially Poland and Finland had already spoken about the transfer of tanks.

By the way, the German concern Rheinmetall also does not mind transferring Leopard tanks to the AFU.

Flashback

The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The Leopard 2 is the successor to the successful development of the Leopard 1. The Leopard 2 has many modifications and is used by the armed forces of Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Turkey. Totally 3,200 tanks of this model have been produced.

Source: ABC News