the most popular tank in europe so if germany both gives its tanks and gives permission for poland and other countries to give leopard tanks, that comes back to logistics, it makes it much easier for the ukrainians to field that forth because it will be the same type of tank and therefore the logistics to keep him in the field, in fuel and ammunition, it will be much simpler. it looks like the number of 100 to 150 leopard tanks is the sort of figured that would enable ukraine to punch through. it looks like that is an achievable number relatively quickly. if it is, how would you anticipate things on the ground moving and where the balance will lie in the months ahead? the moving and where the balance will lie in the months ahead? lie in the months ahead? the next bi thin lie in the months ahead? the next big thing to lie in the months ahead? the next big thing to look lie in the months ahead? the next big thing to look for lie in the months ahead? the next big thing to look for
it s a jet engine, a gas turbine engine that needs jet fuel. a specific type of fuel that powers the abrams and we have to make sure that pipeline, literally and figuratively is available. it will take many months before the tanks get there, and not ahead of specific spring offensives. we think as the weather improves, the russians will want to increase their tempo. we want to make sure the ukrainians cannot only meet that tempo but be capable of their own and what it looks like and when it starts or where, that s really up to president zelenskyy and his military advisers, we would not speak to that. the only thing i add to that, the leopard tanks will not take as long to get on the ground, they won t take the same length of time the abrams will in order to arrive. thank you. you ll go after. i m sorry, i screwed up the
give them the tools to destroy and unravel the russian army. we re not doing that yet. jump in here ben. you were deputy national security advisor. what should we be doing next? i think there was a three dimensional play here. general mccarry is right. i think what the administration wanted to do was to get the european tanks unlocked. it s the fact that those are german-manufactured tanks, so the other european allies that want to provide those weapon systems to ukraine need german approval. the chancellor didn t want to be out front by himself in making the announcement of the provision of the tanks. really, i think these abrams tanks are just unlocking a flow of leopard tanks that can get on the battlefield faster and hopefully be in place for spring offensives, either by russia or ukraine. at the same time, the u.s. is
equipped by american personnel that will be a shorter-term project and immediately the german-made leopards , owned by many different european nato members we will see 14 of them in the next three months that may be too slow possibly to impact the spring offensives we are being told russia and ukraine are planning but here s the thing beyond this. his clear messaging to russia that the ukraine capabilities are just going to get better and the small window russia might think it has limits the capabilities of self to change the battlefield is just getting smaller. by later this year ukraine will begin to potentially have pretty high end nato caliber weaponry. and
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