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Showing Original Post only (View all)US finalizing plans to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine, US officials say [View all]
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The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send US-made Abrams tanks to Ukraine and could make an announcement as soon as this week, according to three US officials familiar with the deliberations.
The timing around the actual delivery of the tanks is still unclear and it normally takes several months to train troops to use the tanks effectively, officials said.
An announcement about the tanks could be part of an attempt to break a diplomatic logjam with Germany, which indicated to the US last week that it would not send its Leopard tanks to Ukraine unless the US also agreed to send its M1 Abrams tanks.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/us-abram-tanks-ukraine/index.html
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rollin74
Jan 2023
OP
Really fuel intensive platform, something that Ukraine is in short supply of
OnlinePoker
Jan 2023
#7
Thats a good point; pressure to others (GER I'm looking at you) to get going.
oldsoftie
Jan 2023
#20
Ukraine expects to get 100 Leopard 2 tanks from 12 countries, once Germany approves
IronLionZion
Jan 2023
#11
send 'em all we don't need. Send them all back to Vlad's waiting arms thanking them for service
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2023
#25