Finland is to decide this week on how it will participate in a European project to deliver Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine to help defend itself against Russia. Yle has learned that the government will meet on Thursday to consider a proposal on the issue from the Ministry of Defence.Continue Reading
After a long period of consideration, Norway has decided to buy new tanks. A total of 54 Leopard 2 tanks are to boost Norwegian defence capability. The first ones will be delivered in 2026. The deal with manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann includes the possible acquisition of another 18 Leopards, Jonas GahrContinue Reading
For et par dage siden meddelte forsvarsministeriet, at landet ville donere omkring 90 af sine Leopard 1A5DK kampvogne til Ukraine, så Kyiv bedre kan modstå Ruslands militær. Ideen viste sig dog at være meget dyr. De kampvogne, som Danmark vil give til Ukraine, ikke er danske nu lovligt set. ForContinue Reading
Forsvarsministeren, statsministeren og finansministeren fortalde om innkjøpet i dag. Forsvarssjefen anbefalte ikkje dette, men er i dag positiv til antalet. Regjeringa har planlagt for å kjøpe inn fleire nye stridsvogner, sjølv om forsvarssjefen ikkje anbefalte dette. Kor mange stridsvogner dei ville kjøpe, og kva typar har ikkje vore kjent førContinue Reading
Citing open source information, the German company FFG will have a stock of 100 Leopard 1A5 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) that were in service with the Danish army. In 2010, FFG would have bought 100 Leopard 1A5 in Denmark to transform them and then resell them. Denmark ordered 120 German-madeContinue Reading
Nearly a year into the war in Ukraine, Western allies finally agreed to send Kyiv the battle tanks it says it so desperately needs. The first battalion will have roughly 40 tanks, including newer German Leopard 2A6s, and could arrive by spring. But the broader package pieced together this weekContinue Reading