Well, that didn't take too long!
As soon as Don and I posted the good news that Germany has
allowed Poland to release their
LEOPARD 2A4/5 tanks to the Ukraine the internet is going a little "
crazy" about why Germany
won't release theirs.
Even the ones released will require a Maintenace period and training,
lots of training.
Summer at best if they're going to give those crews a chance in battle.
Now to Germany proper, they
don't have that many tanks (
Poland operates almost as many and Spain and Turkey more of them.) and most are being "
RESET" to the
LEOPARD 2A7V+ (Which is in the game.)
So, what can Germany do?
Well one a "
quick" option is to release their
active service LEOPARD 2A5 tanks used for training and if you will, an
active reserve force.
https://news.yahoo.com/19-german-leo...112200697.html
What about
BUNDERWEHR stores?
The above touches on that however, we don't know if they'll commit those.
WHY?
Germany just passed its largest Military Budget I believe I read, since the
Cold War and are going to enter into a
major expansion across all branches. This will include a
much larger tank force afterall Germany is a big country.
What about Rheinmetall?
Glad you asked!!
I'll just copy from the below...
"Battle tanks from German industrial reserves wanted by Ukraine will
not be ready to be delivered until 2024, the arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has warned, increasing pressure on Nato allies to support Ukraine with armoured vehicles in active service instead, ahead of a key meeting this week."
What are those tanks?
"Rheinmetall, which manufactures the battle vehicle’s gun, has
22 Leopard 2 and
88 older Leopard 1 tanks in its stocks. Getting the Leopard tanks
ready for battle, however, would
take several months and
cost hundreds of millions of euros the company could not put up until the order was confirmed,
Papperger said."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ady-until-2024
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/ar...armsmaker-says
("The German army has only around 350 Leopard 2 tanks today, compared to some 4,000 battle main tanks at the height of the Cold War.")
Tanks ain't cheap! Some of you that have been following for some time now might remember me using the USA term "
RESET" going back to when I submitted the
ABRAMS SEP V2 which was the first time I saw the term used.
That is what Rheinmetall intends to do if "
green lighted" to start processing those tanks. By conducting a
RESET you are for a
DEEP RESET (SEP V2) gutting it and stripping the armor layers off the hull. In other words, a
brand-new tank.
But Rheinmetall is talking in terms of months, so what I see especially for the
LEOPARD A15 (My pick as to what they have.) is to remove all analog systems and installing all new digital ones so new FCS to include
TI/GSR etc. , enhancing gun operations
Stabilization etc. and a new armor package I can see
AMAP on this tank which was used I believe first on the
later 2A5 and up to
mid 2A6 tanks.
https://rheinmetall-defence.com/en/r...etail_1408.php
(There are newer versions now.)
https://www.military-today.com/tanks/revolution.htm
(For example purposes.)
If they do as I'm not afraid to put myself out there, that based on the STEEL limitations of the
A15 armor numbers in the
late 2A4 to
early/mid (?) 2A5.
That's of course conjecture on my part. And I own that!
Well, I close out with what is the
LEOPARD situation in the
West (
Asia (Singapore notably) &
South America (Chile notably) are not covered.), well I got that covered to!
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe..._and_why_.html
Now leave
Germany alone afterall I was a citizen after I was born for about 3yrs. don't ask I might have to shoot you!?!
From the editor: The above statement is
NOT meant as a "Terrorist Threat" the staff has determined it was only a joke.
However,
Joe is missing if you see him, please let us know where he is.
Never mind we (
) decided
we didn't like him anyway!?!
Regards,
Pat
