them. the ukrainians could learn to operate effect i havely an m-1 tank in 30 days. so again, this is a political gesture. throughout much of nato and europe as well, what is it take a look at this map. look at the amount of leopard tanks. spain, 327. germany, 500 plus. greece with 300 more. what is it that makes it so difficult to send that amount of hardware to ukraine. it s a political reluctance. there s a lot going on in europe and not wanting to take visibility in the face of putin intimidation tactics, which
includes potential use of nuclear weapons. we have to be sympathetic not just to president biden, who has to take this into account, but also the europeans. the germans are more sensitive because of the horror they inflicted on all of europe in world war ii. but to go back to the underscore of what the problem is, ukrainians need an armored division by this summer, 300 main battle tanks. the m-1s are available. it s the only combat hardened military force on the world outside of ukraine is the u.s. army. so we can deploy, support with contractor support and train ukrainians to fight effectively very rapidly. 1,100 m-1 tanks with the egyptians. so this is not an impossible task. we re trying to play a role in
you would have a leopard company, you would have in theory an m-1 company. there s talk about eventually battalion going in. several hundred parts are anticipated to be in the pipeline now that the now that the germans have consented. it will be up to another dozen european nation that will send them. you just don t arrive, you have to pull them together, organize them, continue to train crews, and commit them. but in the aggregate, this is a major shot in the arm for the ukrainians. it also pulls us together, the free-minded nations of the west, and it is also a powerful signal to vladimir putin and the russians who 11 months ago, we have to remember, commenced this
advanced weapons to ukraine as the war nears its one year mark. u.s. with its own $2.5 billion package that includes bradley infantry fighting vehicles, much more. but what is missing is at the top of ukraine s wish list. translator: we have to fight for the supply of modern tanks, but every day we make it more obvious there is no alternative. reporter: germany refuses to sign off on end is being its leopard tanks to ukraine. berlin won t budge. translator: there are good reasons for the delivery and there are good reasons against it. we cannot all say today when a decision will be made nor what that decision on the leopard tanks will be. reporter: on the winter battlefield, ukraine wants modern tanks to retake territory against dug-in russia defensive lines, it is a more powerful weapon for a more brutal battle. the u.s. insists its m-1 is the wrong fit, it is a heavy fuel
need to give them the logistics that they need to sustain all of the incredible equipment that w ability, but we need to give them the air missile defense and the air drones and reaper, and we could give them a-10 aircraft, and i m not saying to put the american pilots in the seats, but there is a lot of things that we can do to make sure that the ukrainians win and just don t lose that is what needs to happen in this next year, otherwise, we will have a long and protracted war, and the right thing to do is to give them everything that they need. now, i would also add that they don t need the m-1 tank, because it is too big and heavy and it is running on jet fuel, and too difficult to maintain, and we made the right call in giving them strikers and bradleys but we need to help them to win. and what about this wagner group as a criminal organization, and what is that