{"id":136403,"date":"2023-01-24T12:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=136403"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:21:46","slug":"abrams-mbts-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=136403","title":{"rendered":"Abrams MBTs to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nToo complicated?<\/em><\/p>\n

Another opportunity to excel for Joe’s foreign policy team.<\/p>\n

US may deliver ‘significant number’ of Abrams tanks to Ukraine despite Pentagon misgivings<\/h3>\n

The Pentagon had argued that US Abrams tanks are too complicated to operate and maintain<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Anders Hagstrom , Liz Friden | Fox News<\/p>\n

The U.S. could announce the delivery of “a significant number” of M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as early as this week, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Germany have bickered for weeks regarding which should provide heavy tanks to Ukraine amid spiking threats of renewed ground aggression from Russia. The Pentagon has argued that Abrams tanks require more complicated maintenance and would be more expensive to deliver to Ukraine than Germany’s Leopard tanks. German Leopards are already stationed in Ukraine’s neighboring Poland, for instance.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Biden moved on the issue following a January 17 call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and is now leaning toward providing tanks, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Austin and Milley argued against the transfer, citing training the Ukes for operations and maintenance would take months. Also the tank is not the right weapon in-country at this time. Err, what? Not my swim lane; I was of the impression a land war in Europe was exactly what the M1 was designed for- or did someone move the Fulda Gap? What they aren’t saying is how many US boots will be on the ground as “advisors.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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