[ChuckHam]

LOL, sending more archaic Russian garbage. Kinda smart though. Now it’s up to Ukraine to get rid of the hulks.

[srmanuel]

Maybe the Russians will roll out some vintage T-34 tanks to remind Germany what happened the last time German Tanks were in Ukraine.

[usurper]

LOL, sending more archaic Russian garbage.

I have been surprised by just how poorly their armor has preformed.

The reactive armor on their tanks is a bad joke for their crews. It doesn't seem to do anything but attract munitions. They might as well hang boxes of Lucky Charms on the tanks.

[Captain Rhino]

Of course, the pictures are of no help. Just stock shots.

The cited article (Zubu Brothers?) indicates they are ex-GDR BMPs. Not clear if they are BMP-1s or BMP-2s. So the Germans are giving the Ukrainians 56 vehicles that may be as much as 32 years old (or older). Swell.

Hopefully, the German long-term storage program for these vehicles was better than the Russian one was for theirs.

BTW, 56 BMPs is about 1 mechanized infantry battalion’s worth of vehicles.

[pierrem15]

Actually they're well maintained because they were given to the Czech army. You can see the pics on German papers. They're also very similar to the existing equipment the Ukrainians use, so neither training nor maintenance should be an issue.

Of course the Russian army is currently the largest supplier of armored vehicles to Ukraine.