“The prime minister and President Zelensky welcomed other international commitments in this vein, including Poland’s offer to provide a company of Leopard tanks,” Mr Sunak’s spokesman said.
18 Dutch Leopard 2s are still in use in the German-Dutch tank battalion Panzerbataillion 414 (leased). It has been deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Iraq, according to the army. Most MBTs retired in 2011, 100 Leopard 2 MBTs sold to Finland in 2014. The Challenger 2 is a battle tank designed to attack other tanks, and has been in service with the British Army since 1994. “As for the Challenger 2 tanks, they are unlikely to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine turn the tide on the battlefield, but they will become a legitimate large target for the Russian artillery,” the embassy said, according to comments cited by the Tass news agency. The Russian Embassy in London said the decision to send the tanks would drag out the confrontation, lead to more victims including civilians, and was evidence of “the increasingly obvious involvement of London in the conflict”. The majority of the Challenger 1 fleet was subsequently sold to Jordan where it remained in service with the.
The office also said that the defence minister would update the British parliament with details of the security support on Monday. UK: 19832001 (Repair and recovery derivative remains in service.) The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2.
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