They must be very afraid of those tanks.
If they capture the tanks does only first owner get the full warranty to 50,000 miles? Otherwise they have to sign up with the supplemental car repair places like the TV ads.
I wonder if the foreign mercenaries “fighting for” Ukraine are eligible?
Any Abrams tanks shipped to the Ukraine will not have top secret armor. Export versions do not have classified armor.
Well as for our M1-A1s they had the pick of the lot after we left them in Afghanistan.
The Kurds know the weaknesses of the Leopard tank, considered one of the best in the world.
If they know the weaknesses then Russia does also.
If some packaging engineer in bum-cluck middle of America town knows the Kurds figured out how to destroy Leopards then you can bet your bottom dollar the Russians know also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YafzmkvVRiI
I think that the rail lines and bridges in western Ukraine will be under heavier attacks than before now.
I’m sure Russia would like to inspect a modern Nato tank.
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Like they haven’t already seen specs.
Intelligence agency from potential adversary nations don’t have to steal documents from parasites in US executive bureaucracies.
They can go to the source or the producer....... the manufacturing sector.
The manufacturing sector is looking for a labor supply BTW.
Any labor supply, from wherever.(Why work in a factory when you can make more money in easier employment?)
Hunter Biden, please pick up the courtesy phone....
I imagine it has to be confirmed destruction and not just a mobility kill such as blowing off a road wheel or track.
OTOH, we wouldn’t offer a plug nickel for a captured or destroyed Russian tank or other junk...
They already have - export variants of both Leopards and Abrams from Iraq, Yemen, Turkey, etc.
They apparently want the nato tanks for one of the clown shows at the Moscow circus.