The Armed Forces will receive 178 LEOPARD 1 tanks: the media have learned about Germany's government decisions

Tanks will be taken from defense stocks, some machines will have to be repaired. The first leopards will come to the summer at best, and the main part will not earlier than 2024. The Ukrainian military will receive 178 LEOPARD 1 tanks of the last modification. This was announced on February 7 by the German magazine Der Spiegel based on the decision of the German government. "The federal government is taking another major step in the field of military assistance to Ukraine.

The German Security Council has approved the supply of 178 Leopard 1 tanks," the newspaper said. The Armed Forces tanks will be taken from defensive stocks, the bulk of them are repaired. At best, the first leopards will be delivered to Ukraine this summer. The main part of the cars is unlikely to be delivered by 2024, journalists reported. "Part of the stored tanks will have to be disassembled for spare parts during repair," the interlocutors of the publication said.

The German company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG), specializing in the production, maintenance, and modernization of military equipment, prepares about 90 LOOPARD 1 tanks that have been stored for years. The costs of repairing "Leopards" will be covered by the German government from the Defense Fund of Ukraine. Another part of the tanks will be sent by Italy according to an export license, writes Der Spiegel.

Tagesspiegel, citing German Minister Boris Pistorius, adds that Ukraine will receive more than 100 LEOPARD 1A5 tanks from several European countries. At least 3 battalions should be equipped with the first and second quarters of 2024. Recall that Business Insider reported about the permission of the RheinMetall and FFG concern to send 187 Leopard tanks to Ukraine 1. Journalists noted that the German authorities approved the export of 88 LOOPARD 1 tanks from Rheinmetall and 99 from FFG.