Posted on 01/10/2023 9:13:47 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Britain is considering supplying a handful of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, the first time a western country has indicated it may supply its homemade heavy armour to Kyiv in the war against Russia.
No final decision by Downing Street has been made, British sources added, but Ukraine is hoping a positive move by the UK could help persuade Germany to follow suit later this month with its Leopard 2 battle tanks.
Ukraine has been asking for British tanks “since summer”, a second source said. But the reality is that the UK, with a total fleet of 227, has a small supply compared with what is made by Germany and the US.
An initial report from Sky News suggested the UK was considering supplying about 10 Challenger 2s, only a fraction of the 300 Kyiv wants as it tries to build up a mechanised force in pursuit of victory after more than 10 months of war.
There are about 2,000 Leopard 2s in service in Europe with 13 different countries, but because they were originally made in Germany, the approval of Berlin would be required if any are to be re-exported to Ukraine.
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For what?....Decoys?......................
Total waste of resources for political reasons. When will the west realize the war will soon be over. All this equipment and resources will end up in the Russian hands just like the Taliban. The politicians in the west are complete fools. Of course much of the $$$ has already arrived in the democrat party accounts or some other clandestine account to be cleansed.
There are no Ukrainian men left to operate them. The war has become a rout.
I’d imagine UK pols are a lot like US pols.
Got their paws in the cookie jar somewhere...............
A handful? War ovah!
Send Jeremy Clarkson and a few range rovers.
His lost to a challenger tank on a top gear episode.
Have Tom “The Globalist” Tugendhat man the first tank.
7.9 million Ukrainians are now refugees out of their country. Maybe they can use these tanks to safely move people over their border.
probably too little and too late unless they have a handicapped ramp so the 70 year olds can get in..
[ Bakhmut Front ] Ukraine Soledar and North Bakhmut lines collapsing; Analysis of what is happening!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ-EXtuDBrE
“When will the west realize the war will soon be over.”
Yeah, sure, we’ve been hearing that since last March.
Targets
The Challenger 2 is a top tier tank pretty much on par with the M1 Abrams.
10 tanks will change the entire nature of the conflict!
mosaicwolf on 10th January 2023 “When will the west realize the war will soon be over.”
You mean the war that has been going on since February 2022 — almost for a year?
And one in which the Russkies thought they would win in weeks?
We talkin’ about the same war?
The war in which Putin’s army, after gaining 27% of Ukrainian territory by March 20th, started losing it consistently since then, so now it controls only around 14% of Ukrainian territory (that includes Crimea and the DPR/LPR areas taken in 2014)
You really think it’s going to be over soon? Are you anticipating Putin’s regime collapsing so soon?
Well, the Russians are mobilizing half a million folks next week. I am sure they will be inducted, trained, equipped and sent to the front by the end of the month.
//half sarcastic.
Based upon last summer’s fighting Russian drones will be happy to great them.
and it wasn't
The Brits literally have more Generals than they do tanks. LOL
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