Poland will hand over second batch of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukrainian Armed Forces this week

Poland handed over four Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine at the end of February and is about to send a second batch.

Here's What We Know

The information was shared by the country's defence minister, Bloomberg writes. It's about 10 tanks. Their deliveries will start this week. A total of 14 Leopard 2 tanks will be delivered to Ukraine.

By the way, apart from Poland, the Armed Forces will also receive Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, Spain, Canada, Portugal and Norway. In total there will be up to 100 pieces.

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 battle tank. 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.

A total of 3,200 tanks of this model have been produced.

Source: Bloomberg