Lub Canadian Leopard 2A4 tuaj txog hauv tebchaws Poland 'txoj kev' mus rau Ukraine thaum Lub Ob Hlis 5.
Anita Yog
Tsoom fwv Ukrainian lub hom phiaj, lub hlis dhau los, yog kom tau txais tag nrho cov tub rog tshiab tso tsheb hlau luam los ntawm nws cov phooj ywg Western. Tab sis kev nom kev tswv thiab kev muaj tiag yog tias Ukrainians yuav tau txais battalions los yog txawm lub tuam txhab ntawm tso tsheb hlau luam - thiab maj mam.
Rau cov ntsiab lus, ib pab tub rog yuav muaj ib puas tanks. Ib lub battalion tej zaum yuav muaj 30. Ib lub tuam txhab - tsuas yog ib lub kaum os los yog li ntawd.
Nyob rau hauv ib qho kev sib txuas lus-kev tawm tsam uas tau pib thaum Lub Ib Hlis thaum Poland, Tebchaws Askiv thiab Tebchaws Meskas tau cog lus rau Ukraine. cov me me Ntawm Leopard 2, Challenger 2 thiab M-1A2 tso tsheb hlau luam, tsis muaj tsawg dua 10 lub teb chaws NATO tau cog lus tias yuav xa cov tsheb ciav hlau sab hnub poob.
Ua ke, qhov ntawd yog 14 Challenger 2s, 32 Leopard 2A4s, 17 phom loj Leopard 2A6s thiab 31 M-1A2s. Huag, thiab tsawg kawg yog 100 Leopard 1A5s, ib yam nkaus-txawm tias cov tank hnyav hnyav tsis nyob hauv tib chav kawm xws li hnyav hnyav Challenger 2s, Leopard 2s thiab M-1s.
Ukrainians yuav txawj ntse tsis sib tov thiab phim cov hom tank sib txawv hauv tib battalions. Lub battalion yog lub hauv paus rau kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv av. Thiab battalions feem ntau ua kom yooj yim rau lawv txoj kev kawm thiab kev thauj mus los los ntawm kev siv cov tsheb tsawg tshaj plaws.
Ukrainian tub rog txog tam sim no tau txais txaus Challenger 2s rau ib lub tuam txhab. Peb twb paub cov tub rog tab tom kawm nws 25th thiab 80th Airborne Brigades ntawm 70-tuj, xyoo 1990-vintage British tso tsheb hlau luam nrog lawv cov cim, 120-millimeter phom loj phom loj.
Qhov loj ntawm lub tebchaws United Kingdom thawj lub tank xa khoom ua rau muaj kev nkag siab zoo. Ib tug Ukrainian airborne brigade feem ntau muaj tsuas yog ib lub tuam txhab ntawm ib ncig ntawm 10 T-80BV tso tsheb hlau luam. Cov paratroopers nyiam folding ib lub tank me me rau hauv lawv txoj kev sib ntaus sib tua.
Uas tau hais tias, nws yuav siv lwm pawg ntawm lub kaum os lossis 14 Challenger 2s los muab cov tuam txhab tso tsheb hlau luam hauv ob qho tib si ntawm cov tub rog uas twb tau kawm los ua haujlwm rau British tank.
Leopard 2 consignments yog me ntsis messier rau cov Ukrainians. Ib tug 40-xyoo-laus Leopard 2A4 yog ib lub tank txawv tshaj li ib tug brand-new Leopard 2A6 yog.
Rau ib qho, 55-tuj 2A4 ntim ib rab phom loj, 44-caliber tseem ceeb. Lub 60-tuj 2A6 khav theeb ib tug ntev, 55-caliber version ntawm tib 120-millimeter smoothbore cannon. Ib rab phom ntev dua muab lub zog ntau dua rau nws lub plhaub, ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj ntau dua.
Ib pab tub rog muaj kev xav tsis ntev yuav sib xyaw Leopard 2A4s thiab 2A6s hauv tib lub battalions dua li nws yuav sib xyaw Leopard 2s thiab Challenger 2s. Qhov teeb meem, rau cov tub rog Ukrainian, yog tias nws tau cog lus tsawg kawg ib peeb xwm Leopard 2A4s tab sis tsuas yog ib lub tuam txhab Leopard 2A6s.
Txawm hais tias Ukrainians wheeled lwm lub kaum os los yog 14 Leopard 2A6s los ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees los yog Portugal thiaj li yuav tsim ib tug tag nrho battalion, los yog lawv yuav tsum tau muab lub tuam txhab kho siab ntawm cov phom ntev tso tsheb hlau luam rau ib pab tub rog uas, zoo li lub dav hlau brigades, tuaj yeem txiav txim siab. yuav ua li cas xa me me ntawm cov tso tsheb hlau luam uas muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo yam tsis tas yuav nkim lawv.
Rau cov neeg Asmeskas cov qhab nia, thawj pawg ntawm Hoobkas-tshiab M-1s lawv pub dawb rau Ukraine yog txaus rau ib pab tub rog. M-1A2 yog 70 tons tungsten-reinforced steel armor nrog tib rab phom 44-caliber li Leopard 2A4. Tej zaum nws yuav yog lub tank zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb.
Tab sis txhawm rau txhim kho ib pab tub rog, Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsum tau muab peb npaug rau nws qhov kev cog lus M-1. Ukrainians txog tam sim no tseem tsis tau ua tiav hauv kev tsim khoom txaus tej ib leeg Western hnyav tank hom rau caj npab tag nrho cov tub rog.
Qhov ntawd tuaj yeem hloov pauv yog tias thiab thaum lub tebchaws United Kingdom ponies ntau dua Challenger 2s, Tebchaws Meskas tau cog lus ntau dua M-1s lossis qee qhov kev sib xyaw ntawm European lub tebchaws muaj ntau lub tsev khaws khoom ntev Leopard 2A4s.
Nyob rau hauv lub sijhawm no, thawj Ukrainian pab tub rog siab rau reequip nrog Western tso tsheb hlau luam tej zaum yuav caij hauv Leopard 1A5s los ntawm nruab nrab-1980s. Ib qho ntawm peb lub tuam txhab ntiag tug riam phom-ib qho hauv Belgium, ob lub tebchaws Yelemes-muaj 237 Leopard 1A5s nyob rau hauv lawv warehouses. Tsoomfwv European twb tau yuav tsawg kawg 178 ntawm lawv rau kev hloov mus rau Ukraine.
Tsis txhob tuav koj ua pa. Ib daim duab uas tus kws tshaj lij kev lag luam riam phom tau tshaj tawm hauv online rau hnub Saturday qhia txog tias nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev npaum li cas rau cov tebchaws sab hnub poob los muab lawv cov tso tsheb hlau luam tawm. Daim duab-los ntawm Nicholas Drummond, tus kws pab tswv yim Askiv rau German tank-maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann-pictures Leopard 1A5 tab tom kho dua tshiab, pom meej ntawm KMW Hoobkas hauv Munich.
Nws hloov tawm, KMW tus thawj tswj hwm Armin Papperger tsis kidding thaum nws ceeb toom hais tias ib lub tank lub tuam txhab xa mus rau Ukraine ua ntej "yuav tsum tau dismantled kiag li thiab rebuilt."
Nws yog qhov tseeb tias, txawm tias thaum khaws cia hauv cov chaw khaws khoom huab cua, cov tank degrade dhau sijhawm. Lawv steel rusts. Lawv cov roj hmab seals qhuav tawm. Lawv optics huab. Tsuas yog rov kho lub tank qub kom zoo li-tshiab tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntau lub hlis hauv kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. Txhim kho nws nrog, hais, optics tshiab tuaj yeem ntxiv lub lis piam rau lub sijhawm.
Yog li txawm tias qhov yooj yim, 40-tuj Leopard 1A5s nrog lawv 105-millimeter rifled phom loj ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws yuav tig mus rau hauv Ukraine. Nyob nruab nrab ntawm 20 thiab 25 ntawm lub tso tsheb hlau luam yuav tsum tuaj txog lub caij ntuj sov, lwm 50 lossis 60 thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo thiab tus so hauv 2024, lub chaw ua haujlwm ntawm Ukrainian tiv thaiv Minister Oleksiy Reznikov hais rau Xov tooj cua Free Europe.
Yog li yog tias Kyiv tseem npaj yuav muab tag nrho cov tub rog nrog tib lub tank tshiab, nws yuav siv sijhawm tsawg kawg ib xyoos.
Kev nkag siab ntawm kev kub ntxhov tuaj yeem ua kom ceev ntau lawm. KMW tuaj yeem ntiav kev hloov pauv ntxiv thiab khiav nws cov nroj tsuag ib ncig ntawm lub moos. Tab sis qhov xwm txheej ceev yog teeb meem nom tswv, tsis yog koom nrog. Yog tias tsoomfwv German tiag tiag xav kom KMW maj nrawm, nws nyob hauv nws lub zog los ua qhov ntawd tshwm sim.
Qhov tsis muaj hmoo tiag tiag, rau Ukraine, yog tias nws tau txais nws cov tso tsheb hlau luam tshiab, thiab maj mam. Qhov kev xav zoo ntawm lub tank pub dawb txhais tau tias Ukraine tus uas twb muaj lawm tank arsenal-ib txhiab los yog li ntawd Soviet-style T-64s, T-72s thiab T-80s-yuav tsum txaus rau lwm xyoo.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/19/ukraine-wanted-whole-brigades-of-western-tanks-its-getting-fractions-of-them-instead/