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British-made Challenger 2 tanks, German-made Marder fighting vehicles and Stryker fighting vehicles from the United States all have arrived in Ukraine—and joined Ukraine’s elite air assault force.
Germany had initially refused to provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks, going as far as to give them up only if President Joe Biden did the same with U.S. tanks.
However, retired British Army officer Hamish de Bretton-Gordon suggested that the Leopard 2 had many of the same problems German tanks had in the Second World War.
LONDON — Britain and Germany moved closer to launching a joint project for main battle tank ammunition this week with the signing of an agreement that takes the project to the next stage of ...
In total, Nazi Germany built just under 50,000 tanks during the war, while the US built more than 100,000. The Soviet Union built nearly 120,000 tanks.
A retired UK colonel and a war historian are sounding the alarm on Britain's tank production. They warned against relying on advanced weapons too costly to scale up, a mistake Nazi Germany made ...
"A tank is a tremendous force, especially a tank like this," the Ukrainian tanker said of the British-donated Challenger 2s now rolled out in southern Ukraine.
Previously, England's "Cruiser" tanks (i.e., the Crusader) were quick and agile but too lightly armored to take on Germany's all-mighty Tiger tanks directly.