Ukrainian servicemen who traveled to train in the use of Leopard 2 tanks are now ready to take them to the battlefield

the Ukrainian army in Germany they completed their training with battle tanks Leopard 2 after training with live ammunition, so they can put learning first with Russia.

After several weeks of intensive training in Germany, Ukrainian soldiers are now ready to use Western-supplied Leopard 2 tanks in combat, the broadcaster reported Daily News.

At the end of your course, crews practiced live ammunition strikes and retreats in the Bergen military training area in Lower Saxony.

The training was based on combat exercises in the field — called school shooting –, exercises in simulators and training with teams, according to the brigadier general. Bjorn Schulzcommander of the tank troops school in Munster, Lower Saxony.

In this sense, Schulz pointed out that Germany has made “everything humanly possible” to offer the best training possibleeven if it’s not all he would have liked.

The supply of Western tanks has been the main demand of the Ukrainian authorities throughout the last months until Germany finally unblocks the deal. The United States also confirmed a few weeks ago the dispatch of more than thirty Abrams battle tanks to the Ukrainian armed forces.

german society Krauss-Maffei Wegmannmanufacturer of Leopard 2presents it as “the world’s first main battle tank”, which for almost half a century has combined the aspects of firepower, protection, speed and maneuverability, making it adaptable to many types of situations of fight.

This reservoir 55 tons has a crew of four peopleautonomy of approximately 500 kilometers and a top speed of 68 kilometers per hour. It currently has four main variants, the first of which entered service in 1979. Its primary weapon is a 120mm gun and has a fully digital fire control system.

One of the great attractions of German-built main battle tanks is their sheer number: more than 2,000 have been deployed in more than a dozen European countries and in Canada. In all, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has supplied over 3,500 units to 19 countries.

Rheinmetall SAa German defense contractor who manufactures the cannon of the Leopard 2claims that the tank has been deployed by “more countries than any other”.

According to a recent analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a thinking group whose head office is at Londonabout 350 were sent Leopard 2 -in different versions- for Greecethere Poland there are about 250 of different types. Finland it has 200 in operation or in storage.

(With information from Europa Press and AP)

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