A government spokesman in Berlin said that Poland has not yet sent a request to the FRG for the supply of Western-style Leopard tanks to us.. Spiegel writes about it.

A few days ago, Polish President Andrzej Duda promised our country a Leopard company of 10 units. At the same time, 240 such tanks are in service with the country.. Media note that Warsaw is ready to transfer the majority to Ukraine.

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After some time, government spokesman Petr Muller said that after the transfer of tanks to Ukraine, Warsaw would put pressure on other EU countries to provide more combat vehicles of this type to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He added that Poland took the first step to "

The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank developed in 1979.. It is in service with Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Turkey. A total of 3200 tanks of this model were produced..

Leopard tanks are much more densely armored and better protected from armor-piercing balls than the fighting vehicles that Ukraine, France, Germany and the United States have previously offered..