According to information from the Deutsche Presse-Agentur on Thursday, NATO partner Slovenia is to hand over a larger number of its battle tanks to Ukraine in exchange for the Marder infantry fighting vehicle and the Fuchs wheeled tank from Germany. Slovenia still uses a Yugoslavian variant of the T-72 main battle tank called M-84, which is already in service with the Ukrainian army and does not require extensive additional training.
According to dpa information from government circles, Slovenia has also requested more modern equipment from Germany as compensation, including the German Leopard 2 main battle tank, the Boxer wheeled tank and the Puma infantry fighting vehicle, which is being introduced in the Bundeswehr as the successor to the Marder, which has been in use for 50 years.
Meanwhile, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) confirmed that Germany will train Ukrainian soldiers on the self-propelled howitzer 2000. “Because we have the know-how to train on it. That’s one way to provide that support as well,” Lambrecht told RTL/ntv’s “Frühstart” programme.
According to earlier reports, the self-propelled howitzer 2000 is to be delivered to Ukraine by the Netherlands. Germany cannot do this because the “Bundeswehr is not so equipped”, Lambrecht said, adding: “But where we can provide training, we will.”
by this time, it should have been possible to train lots of ukrainians to use western-type weapons well. is there another reason to still send them soviet models?
From what we see most EE countries use this to get new or modern equipment from NATO. Poland, Slovakia, and now Slovenia. Giving up older soviet tech, last one is Slovenia, I think they already had plans to buy Leopards, this is just a plus for them.
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According to information from the Deutsche Presse-Agentur on Thursday, NATO partner Slovenia is to hand over a larger number of its battle tanks to Ukraine in exchange for the Marder infantry fighting vehicle and the Fuchs wheeled tank from Germany. Slovenia still uses a Yugoslavian variant of the T-72 main battle tank called M-84, which is already in service with the Ukrainian army and does not require extensive additional training.
According to dpa information from government circles, Slovenia has also requested more modern equipment from Germany as compensation, including the German Leopard 2 main battle tank, the Boxer wheeled tank and the Puma infantry fighting vehicle, which is being introduced in the Bundeswehr as the successor to the Marder, which has been in use for 50 years.
Meanwhile, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) confirmed that Germany will train Ukrainian soldiers on the self-propelled howitzer 2000. “Because we have the know-how to train on it. That’s one way to provide that support as well,” Lambrecht told RTL/ntv’s “Frühstart” programme.
According to earlier reports, the self-propelled howitzer 2000 is to be delivered to Ukraine by the Netherlands. Germany cannot do this because the “Bundeswehr is not so equipped”, Lambrecht said, adding: “But where we can provide training, we will.”
by this time, it should have been possible to train lots of ukrainians to use western-type weapons well. is there another reason to still send them soviet models?
From what we see most EE countries use this to get new or modern equipment from NATO. Poland, Slovakia, and now Slovenia. Giving up older soviet tech, last one is Slovenia, I think they already had plans to buy Leopards, this is just a plus for them.