Official: Poland hands over 14 German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine (updated)

In early January, Polish President Andrzej Duda announced that the Poles plan to transfer

Leopard 2 tanks. And now, almost two months later, they are already in Ukraine.

What is known

The Minister of Defense of Poland spoke about thisMariusz Błaszczak writes for rmf24. We are talking about 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks. Ukrainian crews have already completed a training program on their use. By the way, in addition to Poland, in the near future Ukraine will also receive 14 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, 10 from Spain, 4 from Canada, 3 from Portugal and 8 from Norway.

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For those who are not in the know

Leopard 2 is a main battle tank created byby the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. 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 were produced.

Updated:Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal confirmed the transfer of the first Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, but clarified that for now we are talking about 4 vehicles. The rest of the batch will be delivered a little later.

Source: rmf24