Military Watch writes that Western tanks will not be able to fight in Donbas because of their characteristic
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German and British Leopard 2 and Challenger 2 tanks, which the West has agreed to supply to Kiev, are unlikely to fight in Donbas, the US portal Military Watch has said.
As the publication noted, the reason lies in the complicated maintenance of the vehicles and their effectiveness in combat.
“Both tanks are significantly heavier than those currently used by the AFU and will require significantly more fuel and maintenance. The weight makes them less suitable for operations on narrow roads or in cities, and their lack of automatic loaders means they will require 33 per cent more crew than Soviet-designed tanks,” the paper said.
Furthermore, as the paper pointed out, the reputation of the tanks is “irredeemably tarnished”, as even Turkish generals have described the experience of using the vehicles as “painful”.