The U.S. prolongs its M1 Abrams tank training for Ukrainians by a few weeks. Training will focus on maintenance of the 31 M1 Abrams tanks Essential to ensure that the M1 Abrams tanks have the same very low destruction rates of Challenger-2s and Leopard-2s Ukraine requested the extension

7 comments

1. Good. Training saves lives and equipment.

2. Any additional training is a good thing. Certainly true with maintenance, but also tactical. Tactical skills will arguably have more impact on destruction rates than maintenance.

3. I hope the US is prepared to send more than the 31 M1 Abrams already promised. I just find that number to be so paltry. Sorry I had to vent.

4. At this rate, they won’t even get to use them til May next year. Those tanks can’t get through the mud.

5. *In a casualty, you sink to the level of your training* – Abraham Lincoln

6. It better have been Ukraine who requested the extension.

7. Just another armchair general’s opinion, but it seems promising that they feel confident enough to request an extension to training (and therefore a delay to battlefield deployment). Suggests that they’re confident enough in their current equipment to maintain the current op tempo