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While Paris and Berlin balk, kyiv asks for German Leopard tanks rather than French Leclercs. State of play of the qualities (and defects) of the two vehicles.
By Theo Sauvignet
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LGermany would allow Poland to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, which it bought in Berlin. That’s good: kyiv for its part, explicitly asks to be able to recover the famous German tank as well as the American Abrams, the only ones manufactured in sufficient quantities to meet its important needs.
In Paris, there is no real question of delivering Leclercs after having donated AMX 10RC reconnaissance armored vehicles. The AMX Leclerc is however a tank with renowned qualities, which is carried without blushing at the level of its German, British or American equivalents. Leclerc or Leopard, is the choice the same?
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Both tanks correspond to NATO standards: they are main combat tanks.