Switzerland will sell 25 Leopard 2 tanks to Germany, then they can be transferred to Ukraine

The Swiss Army is withdrawing 25 Leopard 2 tanks from service.

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This was reported by the Reuters news agency. The country's government has already taken such a decision from the Ministry of Defence. The tanks are then planned to be sold to Germany. In turn, Germany is likely to send the equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Incidentally, the Swiss army now has 134 Leopard 2 tanks in service. In addition, Switzerland also has 96 tanks in storage.

Flashback

The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by 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. A total of 3,200 tanks of this model have been produced.

Source: Reuters