{"id":138357,"date":"2023-03-10T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=138357"},"modified":"2023-03-09T19:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T00:10:10","slug":"getting-tanks-to-ukraine-as-quickly-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=138357","title":{"rendered":"Getting tanks to Ukraine as quickly as possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The U.S. Army is working on ways to get tanks to Ukraine as soon as possible. Options include building new tanks or pulling tanks from storage. In addition to sending the tank, they must also send the entire system that supports the tank; ammunition, fuel, material needed for maintenance, etc. The US also has to meet the needs of its allies who are also awaiting tank deliveries.<\/p>\n

From Defense News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Pentagon announced early this year it would send General Dynamics Land Systems-made Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Since then, Defense Department officials have said they were weighing a variety of options, including building new tanks or drawing existing older tanks from U.S. inventory.<\/p>\n

But speaking at a webcast hosted by Defense News, Doug Bush said Wednesday the Army already has a plan. “We’re executing it,” he said. “We just can’t talk about the details.”<\/p>\n

Late last month, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said the Army would not be able to get tanks to Ukraine for at least months and quite possibly not before the end of this year.<\/p>\n

“There are longer timelines involved, but I think there are options that are less than two years, less than a year-and-a-half,” she said.<\/p>\n

Sending tanks to Ukraine is not a simple process, Bush said.<\/p>\n

“It’s not just sending a tank,” he said. “A tank by itself is not a military capability, you have to send the whole package. That includes ammunition, vehicles to maintain it, fuel, you have to do the training on the system so that it can be sustained in combat.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Defense News has additional information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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