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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
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So turns out Poland is not actually able to transfer and these are just pledges that are still pending German approval, which Olaf Scholz is still blocking. Scholz previously said tanks and heavy armor would be provided and the transfer ban on Leopards would be lifted only IF allies also sent tanks. Scholz is moving the goalpost now to say, Germany will only lift the Leopard transfer ban if NATO "Trans-Atlantic" partners provided tanks as well despite UK pledging Challengers, Finland, and Poland pledging their Leopards. Canada should just pledge some Leopards and see what Scholz has to say.
Sadly, the Abrams would be a logistical nightmare for Ukrainians to operate with the stupidly high fuel consumption, supply chain problems, and heavy weight of the tank compared to the Leopard and the Ukrainians desperately need superior armor right now to break through Russian defensive lines in the spring. Ukraine already operates Leopard based armored recovery vehicles from a previous donation so the supply chains and the field repair knowhow will already be there by the time Leopards show up.
What is Scholz so afraid of? He has got to have major leverage against him, there isn't any logical explanation at this point. Germans need to be shamed even further until the pressure on Scholz is overwhelming.
https://www.politico.eu/article/brit...s-ukraine-war/