Send M1 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine

The German government has elected not to send desperately needed Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Furthermore, the Germans continue to deny permission to the many other European countries who have Leopard tanks to send theirs to Ukraine. According to the German government, Germany does not want to “go it alone” by being the only Western country to send main-battle tanks to Ukraine.

This is transparently an excuse. Poland has already sent over 300 Soviet-manufactured tanks to Ukraine. The Germans say this does not count — only Western-made tanks do. The French recently announced that they would send light tanks, and the British are sending Challenger main-battle tanks. The German say those don’t count either. The tanks must be sent by “a nuclear power.” Britain and France are both nuclear powers. That doesn’t matter. According to the Germans, only American M1 Abrams tanks will do.

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Robert Zubrin

Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer and the author of twelve books, most recently The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet.

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The German government has elected not to send desperately needed Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Furthermore, the Germans continue to deny permission to the many other European countries who have Leopard tanks to send theirs to Ukraine. According to the German government, Germany does not want to “go it alone” by being the only Western country to send main-battle tanks to Ukraine.

This is transparently an excuse. Poland has already sent over 300 Soviet-manufactured tanks to Ukraine. The Germans say this does not count — only Western-made tanks do. The French recently announced that they would send light tanks, and the British are sending Challenger main-battle tanks. The German say those don’t count either. The tanks must be sent by “a nuclear power.” Britain and France are both nuclear powers. That doesn’t matter. According to the Germans, only American M1 Abrams tanks will do.