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To: Zhang Fei

One problem I can see is that Ukraine is getting a little bit of one kind of system from one country, a little bit of a different system from another....

...and since they are advanced systems with different consumables or replacement parts, it’s going to make training and logistics very hard.

I guess NATO nations are going to find out how their legacy tanks perform in the new “drone era” of warfare, so there’s that!


7 posted on 01/24/2023 11:25:56 AM PST by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian
The tanks all use NATO standard 120mm shells. Recalibrating the range finder, etc., may be an issue but probably not much. A lot of the other systems are probably the same (small number of sources) or are at least compatible like comms.

Maintenance will be a headache, although a lot has been done to modularize components like engines and drivetrains so they can be shipped back and worked on in depot. There are a lot of spare parts for the Leopards in Europe for the 2300 Germany produced. Depot work might be contracted out.

21 posted on 01/24/2023 11:44:23 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Yossarian

Even the Germans pronounced that the tanks they can provide would be several different variants of the leopard 2. It’s gonna be a tower of babel before they get blown up.


35 posted on 01/24/2023 12:11:59 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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