Shooting of a Leopard 2 tank during training at a German army base in October 2022. Portal/Fabian Bimmer
INFOGRAPHICS – Firepower, overtaking capacity and reinforced armor are the main advantages of these armored vehicles that can change the course of war.
Western-made light tanks are used in Ukraine for the first time. France announced on January 4, 2023 the deployment of AMX-10 RC armored vehicles (less than 20 tons) to the Ukrainian army. According to French Army Minister Sébastien Lecornu, they should be delivered by mid-March. Even if this type of equipment resembles armored reconnaissance vehicles, without great firepower and therefore without being able to really change the face of the war, this announcement greatly stimulated the debate, especially in Germany, about the delivery of heavy tanks to Kyiv. Berlin has always hesitated to point out the risk of escalation.
“France is already supplying us with light tanks. It is very good. But we still want to get 250-350 heavy tanks,” Ukrainian Presidency adviser Mykhaïlo Podoliak told AFP, promising these systems would not be used to attack Russian territory. What are these advanced tanks that can turn the tide of war on the ground, and which countries are able to supply them? Will westerners take the plunge?
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