The discussion around delivery of Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine, which began early this year, continues with no official decisions despite public declarations of intent. Poland was the… Continue reading "Spain Won’t Deliver Its Leopards, Poland Awaits Coalition & Permission From Germany"
On the 11 January, during his visit to the city of Lviv, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, announced the decision to grant the transfer of ten Leopard 2 Main… Continue reading "Breaking: Poland Ready To Transfer Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine"
On 21 December, the Czech army received the first of 14 German Leopard 2A4 tanks which will eventually be upgraded to the 2A7 standard by the Czechs. The vehicles are… Continue reading "Czechia and Slovakia Receive New Leopard Tanks"
Following a meeting with German Defense Ministry State Secretary Benedikt Zimmer in Bratislava, Slovakia’s Minister of Defense Jaroslav Nad announced that Slovakia will donate 30 Soviet-era BMP-1 amphibious tracked infantry… Continue reading "Slovakia To Deliver 30 BMP-1 IFVs to Ukraine in Exchange For 15 Tanks From Germany"
Spanish defense minister Margarita Robles said on Tuesday that Madrid had abandoned its plans to donate surplus Spanish Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks to Ukraine, as inspections had found the… Continue reading "Mothballed Spanish Leopard 2A4s “Unusable” For Donation To Ukraine"
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that the German government has yet to receive a formal request from Spain to approve the export of surplus Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks and… Continue reading "Scholz: No Request From Spain To Deliver Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine Yet"
The Finnish Defence Forces announced, on 7 December, that it had received authorization from the Ministry of Defence to sign a contract for fire control system upgrades for the Finnish… Continue reading "Finnish Leopard 2s To Receive Multipurpose High Explosive Shell Compatibility"
On 3 July, a Hungarian Defense Forces delegation visited the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard 2 plant in Munich. Members of the delegation included Brigadier General Gábor Lőrincz, commanding officer of the… Continue reading "First Hungarian Leopard 2A4s Ready"