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20:00 29 Jul 2024

United to win: Germany and Denmark donate eight Leopard 1 A5 tanks to Ukraine

FILE - A Leopard 1 tank drives in Storkau, Germany, on May 19, 2000. Ukraine may be able to add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Germany and other governments pledged last week. German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit confirmed Friday that “export authorization has been granted”. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File)

Germany and Denmark transferred eight more Leopard 1 A5 tanks to Ukraine.

The German government reported that on its website.

In addition, in the latest aid package, Germany provided Ukraine with:

  • 21 thousand shells for Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns;
  • Ten ground drones;
  • two Bergepanzer repair and evacuation armored vehicles;
  • Ten ground radars;
  • 24.8 thousand helmets;
  • one field hospital.

For reference:

The Leopard 1A5 was an updated version of the 1985 Leopard 1, designed to combat Soviet tanks such as the T-64, T-72, and T-80.

The tank is fitted with unified weapons integrated with the Leopard 2. This includes a stabilized gunner's sight with advanced night and thermal imaging capabilities, allowing for contrast adjustment. The tank also has a less than 10 km laser rangefinder and a supplementary hinged telescopic sight.

The car also has a ballistic calculator for firing 105-mm live ammunition, which can effectively hit Soviet-made tanks of the T-72 type at a distance of 2 km.

Tank armor protects against hits from large-caliber machine guns, automatic guns, and fragments of artillery shells. Still, it will not protect against hits from ATGMs and manual anti-tank grenade launchers. The combat vehicle can cover 450 km with a maximum speed of up to 65 km/h.

According to a report by the German magazine WirtschaftsWoche, as of May 2024, Ukraine possessed approximately 90 Leopard 1 tanks, 30 of which came from Denmark and the remainder from Germany. By the end of summer, they intended to transfer an additional 45 tanks.

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