A Leopard 2 A4 tank from the 1st Tank Battalion, 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (Polish), pushes to a staging point at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 29, 2022. (U.S. Army Capt. Alun Thomas)
Denmark and the Netherlands will jointly supply 14 Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks to Ukraine, the two countries announced on April 20.
“The Netherlands and Denmark today announce our intention to jointly acquire, refurbish and donate 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks for Ukraine,” a joint statement from the countries’ defense ministers said.
The Leopard 2A4 tanks will be bought at a cost of €165 million. The cost will be “equally divided” between Denmark and the Netherlands, and the tanks expected to be delivered from “early 2024.”
In January, the German government announced it would make 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks available for Kiev forces and would give authorization to European partners to re-export their tanks to Ukraine. Later, the number was raised to 18 tanks. Portugal also said it will provide four more Leopard 2A6s.
A total of 40 additional 2A4s tanks, 14 from Poland, eight from Canada, eight from Norway and ten from Spain, were also promised to Ukraine. In addition, Sweden will reportedly supply as many as ten of its Strv 121 tanks, which are based on the Leopard 2A5. Finland will also provide six Leopard 2R heavy mine breaching vehicles.
Both the Leopard 2A4 and 2A5 are armed with the Rh-120 L/44 120 mm gun, while the newer 2A6 is armed with the more lethal Rh-120 L/55 gun of the same caliber. All versions are powered by MTU MB 873 Ka-501 liquid-cooled V12 twin-turbo diesel engine with 1,479 hp and can reach a top speed of up to 70 kilometers per hour.
Kiev forces received the first batch of Leopard 2 tanks late in February. However, the tank is yet to be spotted in combating Russian forces in the special military operation zone.
One of the tanks was destroyed earlier this month in a training ground in Poland in an accident that resulted from mishandling by Ukrainian troops.
The Leopard 2 is being promoted as a “Wunderwaffe” by Kiev and its allies. However, the tank came under much criticism in 2016, when at least eight Leopard 2A4s of the Turkish military were destroyed by ISIS terrorists in the northern region of Syria with Soviet-era anti-tank guided missiles.
The German-made tanks are supposed to help Ukraine to launch a large-scale offensive against the Russian military next Spring. While the tanks will make up for some of Kiev forces’ losses, they will not likely provide an advantage.
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more targets to be destroyed. NATO is on a binge and their heads are aching. We are seeing the last of NATO imperialism.
We in Denmark verry like NATO imperialisme and homosexualisme.
Back in 1985 I made love with Ronald Reagans picture in my bathroom. It was verry memorable.
I still keep this photo close to me. Between my buttcheeks.
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We in Denmark have very ugly fat boxlike females. Confirmed by the romanian gypsy gigolos who fuck them based on kilograms. 1Euro/kg/5minute. We, the balkan gypsy communities will always thank you Bruxxelles old fart bosses for allowing us build 3 vilas/season only by using pulas (translation: cocks in english). You know, we have many children here in Romania, and in Danemark as well. Now we learn our 10 years boys how to use this great tool to make more Euros. Thank you, manca-va-s pula voastra de bastani (old romanian gypsy expression, please do not translate !)
More stroller for more Leos, good trash!
Is denmark even still a country?
does anyone care if it is?
No, it is a kingdom with something very rotten in it. I guess it’s their “royal” family.
To be fair, the same can be said for multiple countries that were mentioned in this article.
We are verry mighty country. We make moon from cheese from our behind. It is verry tasty with bananas.
My words make much sense and my english is excellente and also homosexualisme. Iam read wikki and I better informed than Rustica.
Jens Stoltenberg reminds me of my grandpa Pens Slotenberg. We made love many times including his funeral.
It was verry funny.
Denmark? dont we know a nazi faggot from denmark? whats that faggots name again? She is so forgetable.
the dutch send 14 tanks which cost 300 million euros while they have 200 meter long wating lines at the food bank. the government dousnt care about the people and only about pushing the wef agenda Our politicians are a bunch psychopaths only caring for the world economic forum and agenda 2030. you will own nothing and be happy. you will have no freedom and privacy. we are heading towards a digital dictatorship at a rapid phase. I hope that these 14 tanks will be neutralized most people dont want this war.. this war has to come to an end at the negotiation table, and negotiation and reason is what the politicians and state trolls on twitter will call you a nazi for. this war will only end trough negotiation and reason, restoring the balance between west and east. Ukraine was a bridge between east and west which prospered from trade between the eu and russia. and escalation what these government funded trolls push will only cost many many more innocent lives. it will bankrupt everyone involved it will destroy everything. war is a waste of lives and resources. Naftali bennet was close to negotiating a peace that was acceptable to both sides but boris johnson and biden didnt want it. this conflict has costed enoug lives and destoryed enough homes and wealth. i hope it will come to an end soon.
When people of europe overthrow the globalist cabal, they will organize a huge party. With big barbecue. Royal families, banksters, corporate shills and their families, international jews will be the main course. Icecream for everyone after the feast.
In “early 2024.” there will be no more of fuckrotardia-mongolidia.
That’s right.
I am turk I live in Denmark lol but I support Assad Houthis Gaddafi
They already made one tank (the one that we know of) cabrio. 👍Sacha great invention by organismtards of goblin sort, servant of 🤡. We want summa californian cunts whores, bitches, nono war shiting in the tranches.
Yeah 14 more tanks should swing it.
Debili sa pomaly odzbrojujú. To je pre RF len dobre. teraz už iba aby RF stihla v čas zareagovať a zničila tieto dodávky ešte po ceste k frontovej línii. Rozviedka by mohla trochu viac zapracovať.
40 tanks? Will do for about a week or less.
Countries are dumping their Tanks as they are an obsolete weapon in todays wars, as are air craft carriers and to a lesser extent fighter aircraft. Drones, satellites and top notch air defense is the new magic.
LMAO, what a dumbass…
On the beginning of the Special Military Operation Serbian theater director Lubiša Ristić stated that Russia is not denazifying just Ukraine but entire Europe.
Serbians are great observationalists of evidence. + 100% not being ex nazi croats or turko muslim infiltrators is a plus plus
War will be over before the get them lol
Denmark is such a fucking embarrassment to the world, the bum wipe material of the USA
I am turk I live in Denmark lol
Literally disarming themselves.
all gestures paid for by USA intended to produce illusion that NATO is relevant
Wow, another spring offensive with German tanks in that region. This sounds like the 2nd storming of Sevastopol. Everybody is always told that Stalingrad was the end of the Wehrmacht, but for insiders it was already clear here they could never sustain the losses.
Also good to announce everything well in advance, so the flying bombs can be adjusted for this specific target and produced accordingly.
Russians do not have to dig 10 defensive trench lines this time.