Denmark plans to supply Ukraine with Leopard 1A5 tanks, long withdrawn from the armed forces and located at storage bases. This is reported by the local edition of DR Nyheder..

It is reported that the old Danish Leopard 1A5 tanks will undergo a recovery procedure after a long downtime, and then prepared and sent to Ukraine as part of military assistance..

It is known that these tanks were sold in 2010 to FFG in the German city of Flensburg.. However, physically combat vehicles are still in Denmark..

It is expected that the first tanks may arrive in Ukraine within a few months from the date of approval of their transfer..

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Leopard 1A5 has less powerful weapons compared to Leopard 2, the transfer of which to the Armed Forces was agreed earlier. In addition, the old combat vehicle has a lower level of armor protection and outdated fire control systems..

As previously reported, the German government today must agree on the export to Ukraine of 187 tanks of the Leopard 1 version.. Of these, 99 are owned by FFG in Flensburg.