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The first Canadian Leopard 2 tanks had arrived in Poland on 5 February, to allow Ukrainian troops to begin training. [142] On 24 February, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that Canada would be sending a further four Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine along with one armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) and 5,000 rounds of ammunition ...
On 26 January 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would give Ukraine four combat ready Leopard 2 tanks. Then on 24 February, the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was announced that Canada would send four more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, totaling eight Leopard 2 tanks. [77] [78]
[107] [108] In January, 2023 4 Leopard 2A4s were donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a second batch of 4 was donated in February 2023, for a total of 8 tanks, reducing the number of Leopard 2A4s in Canadian service to 54. [109] TLAV M113A3/MTVL United States: Armoured personnel carrier: 135
Germany and the US are expected to announce plans which could see dozens of modern Western tanks heading to Ukraine. Western tanks set for Ukraine as UK questions battle-readiness of Russian rival ...
Video footage shared by Ukraine's 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade appears to show a devastating attack on a Russian convoy in Donetsk.
Ukraine appears to have deployed Western Leopard 2 battle tanks into combat for the first time, as Kyiv launches its counteroffensive against Russian forces in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
20 Leopard 2A6M were leased from Germany in December 2007. The tanks were permanently transferred to Canadian service when tanks purchased from the Netherlands were transferred to Germany in exchange. [9] [10] Leopard 2 A4M CAN: 20 Germany: Upgraded from Dutch Leopard 2A4 in 2010, closer to 2A7+ armour configuration but with shorter barrel ...
The Scholz government subsequently lifted its ban on export of Leopard tanks to Ukraine. On 7 February 2023, the German federal government approved the export of 178 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks to Ukraine, which included 88 Leopard 1A5 Rheinmetall claimed to have, and 90 Leopard 1A5DK available from FFG stocks.