It appears that President Biden has had a change of heart on helping the Ukraine with M1 Abrams tanks….
He’s approved sending more Heavy military equipment a bit faster….
The manufacturer is going to rebuild tanks that may have been sidlined with issues…..
The Ukraine will NOT get second generation M2A tanks….
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NATO countries will send M1’s that will be restocked with new American M1A2’s…..
The US is also sending the Ukraine Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles…
Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, said that when the United States promised to provide Ukraine with the Abrams, the intent was to provide its more advanced variant, the M1A2. But, he said, officials continued “exploring options to deliver the armored capability as quickly as possible” and settled on refurbishing older M1A1 variants, allowing for expedited delivery. He did not clarify where it found those hulls in the American arsenal….
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The administration initially denied Zelensky’s plea for tanks while noting that the Abrams creates a massive logistical burden on the battlefield, instead supplying Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles and suggesting it would make sense for the Germans to supply its smaller Leopard tank instead. In what has become a pattern while assessing Ukraine’s battlefield needs, Biden eventually relented, assessing that the issue would not be resolved without an American commitment of tanks…..
image….A U.S. soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs 2016….Christian Murcock/AP