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We probably won’t see one in action until late spring-early summer at the earliest since they will have to train crews for the tanks
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 73%. (I'm a bot)


The Biden administration has approved sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode.
The news came after Germany confirmed it will make 14 of its Leopard 2A6 tanks available for Ukraine's war effort, and give partner countries its permission to re-export other battle tanks to aid Kyiv.
The US has resisted providing its own M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, citing extensive and complex maintenance and logistical challenges with the hi-tech vehicles.


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I find it annoying that they specify the A6 variant of the Leopard 2, but they don't tell us which M1 Abrams they're getting.  1a1?  1a2?  Fancy upgrade kits?