Croatia
had agreed to sell 30 M-84 MBTs and 30 M-80 IFVs to Germany
for transfer to Ukraine. This is part of a deal in which Croatia
buys 50 new Leopard 2A8 MBTs from Germany at a reduced cost in exchange for the 60 pieces of armor they're sending Ukraine.
This is part of a western push to mechanized some of the new 14 brigades that Ukraine is currently arming after its spring / summer conscription drive.
Australia
committed 49 M1A1 Abrams MBTs as part of this initiative. USA
announced the donation of 100 M113 APCs and has promised further IFV and APC announcements throughout the fall. Ukraine has also been stockpiling dozens of Leopard 1A5 MBTs that have been arriving from Germany
and Denmark
for this purpose. Meanwhile, Sweden
sent some 200 Pbv-302 APCs earlier this month.
This isn't enough, however. Ukraine needs approximately 200 additional MBTs, 400 additional IFVs and 800 additional APCs and MRAPs between now and the spring in order to mechanize these new brigades. That includes...
1. Additional T-64s, T-72s and BMP-2s refurbished from storage in Ukraine
.
2. Additional T-72s, PT-91s and BMP-1s from Poland
.
3. Additional KTO-Rosomak / Patria IFVs from Poland
and Finland
.
4. Additional Leopard 1A5s and Marder IFVs from Germany
, Denmark
and Italy
.
5. Additional Leopard 2A4s from Germany
, Sweden
, Canada
, Poland
and Finland
.
6. Additional M1A1 Abrams, Bradleys, Strykers, M1113s and Maxxpro's from USA
.
7. Additional M1A1 Abrams, Bushmasters and M113s from Australia
.
8. Additional CV90s from Sweden
, Norway
, Netherlands
, Finland
, Denmark
and Estonia
.
9. Additional AMX-10RCs and VABs from France
.
10. Additional LAV 6.0s from Canada
.
11. Additional YPR-765s from Netherlands
.
12. Additional BMC Kirpis from Turkey
.
If Ukraine is going to be able to continue the level of attrition it has caused the Russian army, it needs a fresh influx of a substantial amount of Western made armor. Attrition goes both ways and Ukraine gas suffered plenty of it as well.
Ivan Anušić i Boris Pistorius potpisuju pismo namjere o nabavi do 50 Leoparda 2A8
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