The Pentagon is accelerating the delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine by sending refurbished older models, cutting the timeline when they could reach the battlefield from two years to several months…
The Pentagon is accelerating the delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine by sending refurbished older models, cutting the timeline when they could reach the battlefield from two years to several months, according to reports on Tuesday.to send 31 advanced new M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, reversing months of reluctance to supply Kyiv with the armored vehicles because they are hard to operate and maintain.
The new timetable means that the highly maneuverable tanks will not get to the battlefield by this spring when Ukraine and Russia are expected to launch new offensives. A man walks past a burning house Tuesday following shelling by Russian troops in a town near Bakhmut, Ukraine.US officials – including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin – have been mulling a number of options to speed up delivery to Ukraine, weighing removing some sensitive equipment from the tanks and changing positions in the delivery line.
“Part of it is figuring out — among the different options — what’s the best one that can allow us to get the Ukrainians tanks in as timely a fashion as we can,” without disrupting foreign military sales, Wormuth said.
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