![]() ![]() Unlike many other western main battle tanks, the Abrams features a gas turbine in its American configuration. ![]() The main difference between the two models is the drive. They were both designed to fight Soviet troops on the European battlefield.Īnd as their main armament, both now even have a 120 mm smoothbore cannon. The first models were delivered to the American armed forces in 1980, two years later when the first Leopards went to the German armed forces. It is expensive, requires difficult training and consumes a lot of fuel with its turbine drive.Ĭost, training, complexity - similar arguments have been made against many systems, not just by the Americans.Īccording to reports, the Ukrainians are adapting the German Panzerhaubitze 2000 – another complex western weapon system – to the battlefield at lightning speed.īasically, the M1 Abrams is a main battle tank of similar age to the Leopard 2, having been produced over 9,000 times and used by a wide range of armed forces today. Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl also asserted that the Abrams was a "very complicated" armament. We only want to provide them with what they can use effectively on the battlefield.Īpparently, Ukrainians adapt quickly to new systems ![]() US State Department spokesman Ned Price justified his administration's stance by saying that they "don't want to burden Ukrainians with systems" that they can't use, repair, and maintain. On the other hand, the United States has rejected Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) condition for a delivery: Leopard 2s should only go to Ukraine if the Americans also make their own Abrams main battle tank available. On the one hand, according to information from “Politico”, the Biden government is apparently considering equipping the Ukrainians with wheeled armored personnel carriers of the Stryker type. There are two sides to the message that came from Washington just before the Ramstein Group meeting. ![]()
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