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main battle tank that was developed and inducted in the 1970s during the Cold War
era when Berlin feared a potential confrontation between NATO and the russian-led Warsaw Pact
a report by German media ffaz said that Germany could provide as many as 80 Lee part
2 tanks to Ukraine from the inventories of reinmetal and cross Matthew Wegman
recently the demands have been made afresh and the issue has gotten much more traction
after receiving Washington's validation it would only make sense to arm Ukraine with report 2 as
its neighbor Poland already operates the standard leapark tank if that happens it will be the first
instance of Ukraine receiving Advanced main battle tanks from a Western Country so far it has been
provided with t-72 tanks and other East European nations like Poland and the Czech Republic
with Lee part 2 tanks finally making it to Ukraine Russia will be surrounded by the Western main
battle tanks in its neighborhood several countries in the East European region already operate
Western main battle tanks with more joining in due to the insecurity induced by the Russian invasion
for instance 13 European armies Austria Denmark Finland Germany Greece Hungary
Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland and turkey use the loopard 2 tank at least half
of these are situated very close to Russia Germany announced that it would Supply Legacy
Lee part to tanks to Slovakia in exchange for sending soviet-era fighting vehicles to Ukraine
the move was planned to fill the Gap left in Slovakia's inventory with Western grade weapons
thank you in addition to the Abrams in the Lee part 2 Poland also received South Korean
black panther tanks recently Warsaw is reportedly buying hundreds of K2 black
panther tanks from Sewell out of which 10 were delivered earlier this month
the K2 black panther is a main battle tank of South Korean origin that will replace
most of the various models of the M48 patent tank and complement the k-188 tank series of
main battle tanks now serving in the South Korean Armed Forces mass production began in
2013 in the K2 first joined the armed forces in June 2014. the K2 costs over 8 million 800
000 US dollars per unit making it one of the most expensive battle tanks ever in service
the K2 black panther is armed with a cn08 caliber 120 millimeters 55 smoothboard gun
developed independently by the defense development agency and Hyundai Delia
this weapon is equipped with an auto loader system like the lecler tank allowing the
tank to fire up to 10 rounds per minute ammunition for the main gun is loaded in 16
round projectiles this tank has a total capacity of 40 rounds of ammunition for its main weapon
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