Canada pub Leopard 2A4 Tank Platoon rau Ukraine

Raws li lub teb chaws Yelemees thiab Tebchaws Meskas txiav txim siab hauv kev hais kwv txhiaj pib pub cov tso tsheb hlau luam los pab Ukraine tso tseg thaj chaw raug ntes los ntawm Lavxias txoj haujlwm, Ottawa ib yam nkaus tau koom nrog ntau lub teb chaws pub dawb tsav tsheb, thim rov qab nws qhov kev xav tau pib ua li ntawd.

Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand tshaj tawm hnub no (Thursday Lub Ib Hlis 26) tias Canada tau pub plaub ntawm nws 80 Leopard 2A4 tso tsheb hlau luam rau Ukraine - ib tug quab yuam sib npaug rau ib tug platoon.

Tshaj tawm, Royal Canadian Air Force fleet ntawm tsib lub dav hlau CC-171 Globemaster cargo (tseem hu ua C-17A ERs) hauv Ontario-based 429^th Thauj Squadron yuav "tej zaum" xa cov tso tsheb hlau luam, ib lub davhlau. Cov tub rog Canadian kuj tseem yuav raug xa mus cob qhia Ukrainian cov tub rog nyob qhov twg sab nraum Canadian lossis Ukrainian av.

Ib lub tank platoon, sib npaug rau 5% ntawm Canada lub tank nkoj, tab sis yog ib lub tee dej hauv dej hiav txwv hauv kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm qhov ntsuas ntawm Ukraine, uas ze li ntawm txhiab Russian thiab 200 Ukrainian tso tsheb hlau luam tau pom pom tseeb raug rhuav tshem (thiab ntau dua 500 tus neeg raug ntes los ntawm Ukraine) hauv thawj kaum ib lub hlis ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua.

Tab sis M1s thiab Leopard 2s - muab kev thauj khoom txaus thiab siv cov tswv yim tsim nyog - tuaj yeem ua tiav qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua sib npaug rau ntau qhov sib zog ntawm Soviet-style tanks siv los ntawm Russia thiab Ukraine ua tsaug rau lawv cov cuab yeej zoo tshaj plaws thiab pom.

Thiab yog tias tag nrho ntawm Ukraine cov phooj ywg ua haujlwm Leopard 2s txuas ntxiv pab pawg tub rog thiab tuam txhab ntawm no, lossis ib pab tub rog nyob ntawd, nws tuaj yeem ntxiv txog li ob peb puas lub tso tsheb hlau luam sab hnub poob Kyiv tuaj yeem siv los ua kev tawm tsam ntau dua rau kev ywj pheej thaj chaw uas nyob hauv Russia.

Tus tshiab Canadians tso tsheb hlau luam tau tshaj tawm tias twb tau "npaj kev sib ntaus sib tua" thiab yuav tuaj txog "ntau lub asthiv tom ntej" ua tiav nrog cov khoom seem thiab mos txwv. Twb tau, nws tau hais tias Canada thaum kawg tuaj yeem pub cov tso tsheb hlau luam ntxiv, ntau npaum li Washington staggered xa khoom ntawm HIMARS thiab Bradley sib ntaus sib tua tsheb nyob rau lub hli dhau ib hlis.

Raws li tau piav qhia hauv qhov no tsab xov xwm dhau los, Leopard 2s yog hnyav tab sis muaj peev xwm loj sib ntaus sib tua tso tsheb hlau luam piv rau US M1 Abrams, tab sis siv roj ntau dua lub cav diesel thiab (hauv cov qauv tom qab) ntau txoj hauv kev los txhim kho cov cuab yeej thiab hluav taws xob.

Unleashing Canada's Leopards

Tam sim no, cov neeg pub nyiaj thoob ntiaj teb rau Ukraine tab tom nrhiav tsim ib pab tub rog ntawm Leopard 2A4 thiab 2A6 tso tsheb hlau luam, tus qauv tom qab Kev Tsov Rog Txias uas tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev txhim kho ntau ntawm cov armor thiab ntev-barreled 125-millimeter phom nrog ntau dua armor nkag.

Yog li plaub lub tso tsheb hlau luam tuaj yeem pab 'sau' 2A4 battalion, uas Poland, Finland thiab lwm lub teb chaws yuav pab, raws li koj tuaj yeem pom hauv daim ntawv qhia no los ntawm cov phooj ywg Forbes contributor HI Sutton.

Canada thawj zaug yuav 80 Leopard 2A4s thiab 20 Leopard 2A6s los ntawm Netherlands hauv 2007, txhawj xeeb nrog qhov tsis zoo ntawm nws cov qub Leopard C2s (ib qho txawv kiag li, tsim ua ntej) rau cov foob pob hluav taws thiab cov mines hauv Afghanistan.

Thaum tos nws 2A6s yuav tsum tau hloov kho nrog kev tiv thaiv zoo dua, Canada kuj tau qiv 20 2A6Ms ib ntus los ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees los xa mus rau Afghanistan. Tom qab ntawd nws tau txais kaum ob 2A4s los ntawm Switzerland, hloov lawv mus rau hauv armored engineering thiab rov qab tsheb, nrog rau 15 ntxiv los ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees los siv rau cov khoom seem.

Canada yeej muaj ob hom 2A4s: cov qauv tsis hloov pauv yooj yim, tam sim no feem ntau siv rau kev cob qhia, thiab kev hloov kho Leopard 2A4M CANs, hloov kho tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tiv taus cov mines los tiv thaiv tank thiab foob pob ua ntxaij-propelled grenades. Qhov no ze li ntawm 69-tuj variant suav nrog ib lub phaj ntxiv ntawm lub plab armor los tiv thaiv cov mines, modular applique armor ntawm lub turret thiab hull, thiab slat / tawb armor pab ua kom lub cev tsis muaj zog hauv qab lub cev thiab turret armor tiv thaiv cov riam phom tiv thaiv tank.

Lwm qhov kev hloov pauv muaj xws li hluav taws xob es tsis txhob siv hydraulically powered turret, txhim kho brakes thiab ncua kev kawm ntawv, cua txias, thiab digital command-and-control systems.

Hauv txoj kev xav, yog tias Canada muab qee qhov kev tiv thaiv zoo dua 2A4Ms, nws tuaj yeem hloov kho qee qhov qub 2A4s mus rau 2A4M tus qauv.

Tsuas yog ob pawg tub rog loj hauv Canada cov tub rog ua haujlwm tso tsheb hlau luam: Lord Strathcona's Nees Regiment, nrog ob lub tank tub rog, thiab Royal Canadian Dragoons, nrog ib pab tub rog.

Tswv Strathcona's Nees tshwj xeeb tshaj yog xa tawm Leopard 2A6Ms rau Afghanistan pib xyoo 2007; thiab ntawm 2010-2011 tsib Leopard 2A4Ms. Thawj cov neeg tuaj txog yog ib pab tub rog ntawm 14 Leopard 2A6Ms xa mus rau Kandahar los ntawm lub dav hlau loj Ukrainian An-124 thauj.

Leopard 2s tau siv tsis tu ncua rau kev saib xyuas, tiv thaiv lub hauv paus ntawm Forward Operating Base Ma'Sum Ghar, thiab raws li kev tawm tsam sai rau cov pab pawg nrhiav lawv tus kheej hauv qhov chaw nruj. Qhov ntawd suav nrog kev thauj mus los ntau qhov kev tawm tsam hnyav uas tau sim los daws cov rog hnyav ntawm Strongpoint Musham, hauv qhov hu ua Operations Room Service 1 txog 3.

Cov Canadian tankers tau tshaj tawm tias tau siv cov phom phom zoo li cov phom sij tiv thaiv cov neeg tawm tsam Taliban hauv npog. Lawv qhov tsis txaus loj tshaj plaws tau pib ua pov thawj rau qhov tsis muaj cua txias, yuam cov neeg ua haujlwm hnav cov tsho txias tshwj xeeb thaum lub caij ntuj sov kom txog thaum hloov kho 2A6Ms thiab 2A4Ms tau qhia rau kev pabcuam nrog cov cua txias thiab cov pa cua sov.

Canadian pab rau Ukraine - daim duab loj dua

Txawm hais tias qhov me me ntawm Cov Tub Rog Canadian - -22,500 tus neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm, 16,200 tus neeg tuav pov hwm, thiab 5,300 Rangers (tus neeg saib xyuas pem hauv ntej) txij li lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2022 - Ottawa cov nyiaj pub dawb ntawm cov cuab yeej tub rog tau ua siab dawb, tag nrho ntau dua $ 1 billion Canadian las ($ 750.5 lab USD) txij li thaum Russia invaded nyob rau hauv 2022.

Raws li cataloged nyob rau hauv ntau dua nthuav dav los ntawm oryx ua blog no, Canadian tub rog pab rau Ukraine txij li xyoo 2022 tshwj xeeb suav nrog:

• ib tug NASAMs luv-rau-nruab nrab ntau yam huab cua tiv thaiv roj teeb (yuav rau Ukraine, tsis pub dawb)
• 50 Wescam MX15D koob yees duab siv rau Bayraktar TB2 drones
• tsawg kawg plaub M777 155-millimeter howitzers bundled nrog kim high-precision GPS-coj Excalibur shells, spare phom phom thiab tshaj 20,000 155-millimeter rounds
• 39 ASCV (LAV 6) 'Super-Bison' yim-log armored tsheb siv rau kev thauj mus los, kev kho mob khiav tawm thiab pab tub rog
• 208 mine-tiv thaiv Roshel Sentinel tsheb piv rau Humvees armored (208)
• 4,500 M72A5 thiab M72A7 lub teeb anti-tank riam phom (LAWs)
• $ 7 lab tus nqi ntawm cov kev pabcuam satellite tshawb nrhiav
• Muaj ntau qhov kev faib khoom, cov khoom tiv thaiv lub caij ntuj no, lub cev armor, thiab caj npab me

Kev pub dawb ntawm NASAMS, MX15D lub koob yees duab thiab M777 howitzers piggy-rov qab ntawm cov khoom siv los ntawm lwm yam kev pab txawv teb chaws rau Ukraine, ua rau lawv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo dua. Ib yam yuav muaj tseeb rau Canada's Leopard 2s, vim tias lawv yuav koom nrog lub pas dej loj loj ntawm Leopard 2 tso tsheb hlau luam zoo li yuav pom ntau qhov kev nqis tes pib thaum caij nplooj ntoos hlav 2023.'

Nyob ntawm seb yuav ua li cas Canada cov tub rog txaus siab tso tseg ntau dua ntawm nws lub nkoj me me-lossis Ottawa los pab nyiaj yuav lossis hloov kho cov tsheb hloov pauv-ntau dua Canadian Leopards yuav ua raws.