The United States announced the failure of the German Leopard 2 tank in Ukraine

The German Leopard 2 tanks that Ukraine received did not meet expectations and failed on the battlefield. This is reported by the American online publication 19FortyFive.

However, its deployment in Ukraine has revealed a sobering reality: even the world's best tank can experience difficulties without proper infrastructure.

The article says that Ukraine received Leopard 2 along with American M1 Abrams tanks. The publication also writes that the tanks were considered one of the best in the world, but they failed in a real conflict, they were ineffective.

According to the newspaper, the problem was not in the tanks, but in the insufficient training of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). for full-fledged maintenance of complex equipment. The publication notes that the Leopard 2 surpasses some Soviet models in terms of strength, but the complexity of the fire control system and the powerful 12-cylinder diesel engine makes the tank a logistical burden for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Open the "eyes": how the repair of reconnaissance UAVs was accelerated by an order of magnitude in the SVO zone

The relocation of service centers closer to the front line helped in this.

Earlier, on February 12, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the Leopard tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense, the units of the Center group of forces have taken more advantageous positions and positions in their direction. During the offensive, Russian fighters destroyed the manpower and equipment of the airmobile, jaeger, and three mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier, on February 9, it was reported that the military personnel of the North group of forces destroyed the Abrams tank with the help of an adjustable Krasnopol artillery munition.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.