Ib pab tub rog Spanish Leopard 2E.
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Spain tuaj yeem dhau los ua ib tus neeg pub nyiaj loj tshaj plaws ntawm Leopard 2 tso tsheb hlau luam rau Ukraine - lossis ib qho tsawg tshaj plaws.
Qhov tsis paub tseeb ntawm Madrid lub tank cog lus qhia txog qee qhov teeb meem loj hauv qab Kyiv qhov kev siv zog ntxiv los tsim ib pab tub rog ntawm ib ncig ntawm 100 Leopard 2s los ntawm kev sib txuas cov qub tso tsheb hlau luam los ntawm cov koom haum thoob teb chaws Europe thiab North America.
Nyob rau hauv luv luv, muaj ntau cov laus Leopard 2s nyob rau hauv European arsenals. Tab sis feem ntau ntawm lawv yog xyoo caum, thiab qee qhov kho tsis zoo. Thaum yim lub tebchaws NATO tau cog lus-los yog hinted lawv yuav cog lus - ntau npaum li 134 ntawm German-tsim Leopards 2s, tus naj npawb ntawm cov tso tsheb hlau luam Ukraine ua tau tuaj yeem xa mus tuaj yeem ua kom qis dua yog tias ntau lub tank ntau dhau mus lawm.
Spanish Leopard 2s yog microcosm ntawm qhov teeb meem dav dua. Ntawm daim ntawv, txawm tias laus dua Leopard 2A4s los ntawm xyoo 1980s yog cov tso tsheb hlau luam zoo heev. Lawv muaj cov cuab yeej sib xyaw tawv tawv, rab phom muaj zog 120-millimeter nrog cov tswj hluav taws xob digital, nkig optics thiab 1,500-horsepower engine uas tuaj yeem thawb lub tank 70-tuj mus rau 45 mais ntawm ib teev ntawm txoj kev.
Tab sis ib tug 35-xyoo-laus Leopard 2A4 tuaj yeem tig mus rau cov khib nyiab sai yog tias muab tso rau hauv-tshwj xeeb yog sab nraum zoov thiab tsis muaj kev saib xyuas tsis tu ncua. Lub tank zoo li txhua lub tsheb diesel tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev siv tsis tu ncua.
Yuav ua li cas rau ib lub tank tsis saib xyuas? Cov optics tuaj yeem ua huab. Roj hmab foob tuaj yeem qhuav thiab tig nkig. Cov kab hluav taws xob tuaj yeem corrode.
Txhua yam tuaj yeem tshwm sim sai, ib yam nkaus. Xav txog yuav ua li cas tsawg tus tub ntxhais hluas T-72 thiab T-80 tso tsheb hlau luam Russia tau rub tawm ntawm qhov chaw cia kom ua rau nws poob zoo hauv Ukraine. Lub tank tawg sai sai thaum zaum nyob ib puag ncig hauv huab cua ntub, txias European.
Cov tub rog Spanish hauv txoj kev xav muaj 327 tso tsheb hlau luam: 108 Leopard 2A4s uas nws tau txais los ntawm German cov khoom seem hauv xyoo 1998, thiab 219 Leopard 2Es uas Spanish tuam txhab Santa Barbara Sistemas tsim nyob rau hauv daim ntawv tso cai pib xyoo 2002.
A4s tsis ua haujlwm lawm. Lawv tag nrho yog nyob rau hauv cia ntawm Casetas Logistics Center hauv Zaragoza. raws li Cov xov xwm Spanish, 53 ntawm lub tank qub tuaj yeem kho tau, tab sis 33 ntawm cov no xav tau kev ua haujlwm ntau uas tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntau lub lis piam lossis ntau lub hlis. Madrid txog tam sim no tau cog lus tias yuav pub dawb tsuas yog plaub mus rau rau ntawm 20 A4s uas cov xov xwm hauv zos piav qhia tias nyob rau hauv "zoo."
Thawj plaub, tsib lossis rau Spanish Leopard 2A4s yuav koom nrog 14 German Leopard 2A6s, 14 Polish Leopard 2A4s thiab plaub Canadian Leopard 2A4s uas sawv cev ruaj khov, cov lus cog tseg. Qhov ntawd yog yam tsawg kawg 36 Leopard 2s Ukraine tuaj yeem suav nrog ntxiv rau 14 Challenger 2 thiab 31 M-1A2 tanks uas lub tebchaws United Kingdom thiab Tebchaws Meskas raws li tau cog lus tseg.
Tab sis Ukrainian txawv teb chaws Minister Dmytro Kuleba tau hais meej nws lub tebchaws xav kom tag nrho cov tub rog ntawm Leopard 2s. Qhov ntawd yuav tsum yog nyob ib ncig ntawm 100 lub tank pem hauv ntej hauv peb pawg tub rog me me.
Norway, Lub Netherlands, Finland thiab Portugal tau npaj pub dawb rau Ukraine qee yam ntawm lawv tus kheej Leopard 2s—tej zaum 35, tag nrho. Thiab lub teb chaws Yelemees yuav muab ob npaug rau nws lub tank cog lus, muaj peev xwm boost thawj Ukrainian cov khoom muag rau tsawg kawg yog 85 Leopard 2s ntawm ntau yam txawv. Raws li nyob rau hauv Spain, cov lus cog tseg no nyob ntawm seb muaj pes tsawg lub qub, cov tsheb thauj khoom tuaj yeem kho tau.
Ib puas-tank brigade yuav xav tau tsawg kawg yog ob peb lub tsheb spare los cob qhia cov neeg ua haujlwm, hloov kev poob kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab muab kev saib xyuas ntab. Spain ib leeg tuaj yeem kaw qhov sib txawv ntawm Leopard 2s Ukraine twb zoo li yuav tau txais thiab Leopards 2s nws xav tau kev pab txhawm rau txhawb nqa ib lub brigade tag nrho.
Tab sis qhov ntawd nyob ntawm seb muaj pes tsawg tus qub Spanish A4s tuaj yeem kho tau hauv lub sijhawm tsim nyog.
Nws tsis muaj qhov zais cia uas cov neeg Ukrainians tab tom npaj kev tawm tsam rau thaum ntxov 2023. Nws feem ntau yuav siv li ob peb lub hlis - ob peb lub lis piam, raws li cov tub ceev xwm Polish - los cob qhia plaub tus neeg Leopard 2 neeg coob. Thawj ob peb Leopard 2s twb yog lawm en txoj kev rau Ukraine, yog li kev cob qhia yuav tsum pib sai sai.
Lub moos yog ticking mus rau hnub thaum Ukraine thawj Leopard 2 battalions, txhua tus muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm 30 tso tsheb hlau luam, yuav tsum tau npaj los txhawb kev tawm tsam. Txawm hais tias Ukraine pib teb ob Leopard 2 battalions, lossis peb, tuaj yeem nyob ntawm Spain.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/02/spains-got-a-lot-of-old-broken-leopard-2-tanks-how-many-it-sends- to-ukraine-depends-on-yuav-yuav-tau-nws-tau-kho/