The administration of US President Joe Biden continues to refuse to supply Ukraine with Western-style Abrams M2 tanks. An unnamed US official explained in a commentary to The Washington Post that the reason is that these tanks weigh 55 tons and rely on a gas turbine engine to consume fuel at a tremendous rate..

Moreover, these tanks, the official continued, are prone to breakdowns.. They require a lot of service experience.

Meanwhile, WP notes that due to the weight of the tanks, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, was not allowed to use them during the 2019 Independence Day celebrations.. The reason is that back then their steel plate tracks could destroy city streets..

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Recall that the New Geopolitics edition wrote back in September that, armed with ATACMS and Abrams, Ukraine could return the territories in a few weeks.. But the media explains that these weapons are being held up as "