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America and Germany led the charge and now the floodgates are open
According to the original article from El País, 53 of Spain's 108 Leopard 2A4s are available for delivery. >

Is that exact amount so it would be the most amount while still less than half? >

It's the maximum amount they would send, as the remaining 2A4s aren't mothballed. >

What's "mothballed" >

Long term storage >

Who knew NATO had such backbone?  Where there is unity like this there is strength.  
You know all those Abrams I pass, just sitting in the motor pool, every morning on base?  Let’s send those. Love our Spanish brothers, but we cannot be outdone!  American Abrams, German Leopards, and British Challengers?  Hey France, let’s get some LeClercs (sp?) over there! >

Abrams are good but does ukraine have the logistics to supply them? >

Psst, the Polish military are lined up to get Abrams in 2023.
Coincidence? >

They ordered like 1K+ of the K2 panthers also. They’re on a spending spree after handing alot of their equipments to their Ukrainians. >

Good for Spain, happy to see this from them. >

They’d better return em with a full tank >

Tanks for the memories, if you will. >

I hope they have enough leopards to operate them >

Not gonna lie, for like ten seconds I was imagining containers full of leopards  being let loose upon enemy forces. I was genuinely trying to understand the headline. >

I remember reading years ago those Leopard 2 A4 were delivered mostly for training purposes while both germany and spain built a variant of the A6 which is currently the backbone of spanish armored forces.
Never knew what happened with those vehicles, so it's really nice to see they are being put to good use. >

Quite an interesting story actually.
Spain originally planned to return the 2A4s to Germany, but given defence cuts, they reduced 2A6E production and negotiated with Germany to keep the 2A4s. 
They ended up getting a great deal...€16.9m for the 108 2A4s. >

Really? I was not aware of this.
Looks like that was absolutely the right call, considering how those are still relevant against a "major power". >

Nation's willing to send Ukraine tanks are starting to add up now... Screw that little murdering thieving terrorist tyrant mini thug Putin. >

I'm from Spain. We should do it, NOW! >

How's the war seen in Spain by the civil society, but also by politicians? Are they peo ukraine, netural or pro russian? >

The vast majority of Spaniards support Ukraine. 
However, as I mentioned in another reply, Spain currently has a coalition government in which only the leading party is in favour of sending lethal aid to Ukraine. The other parties in the coalition are further left in the political spectrum, and tend to argue against anything that involves defence. >

Wouldn't the major opposition party (PP, right wing) agree with the delivery?
I'm from Spain but I'm not sure how this would be voted or decided. >

Yeah, most likely. I'd say almost every party would be in favor of this except for UP and VOX and a few minor parties like Bildu and CUP. Although I'm not entirely sure about VOX's stance on Ukraine and in UP I feel like the Izquierda Unida/PCE side of it might be more open to sending the tanks. At least the people that are closest to Yolanda Díaz. But who knows.
In the end it would just all be a matter of optics, because as you said PP would definitely vote with PSOE in this matter I feel like. >

After the failed bomb terrorism sent by russian proxys on Spain im not surprised by this decision.
Im surprised they havent sent them yet considering the russians tried to literally cause a terrorist attack in Spain. >

was this recent?  i think i completely missed that one >

Just today they arrested a 74 year old retiree as suspect for the mail bombings. The whole Russian espionage angle seems quite far-fetched. >

Careful. Last time they said this they requested authorization from Germany, got it,  then retracted their request because (as stated by Spain) the state of their tanks is so bad they can't even be used for scraps.
We will see how this situation unfolds but the entire Leopard tank situation in all European nations has been 90% politics and bickering so far.
Please read all articles carefully. 
Trust no headline. >

Back when that happened last year, Spain failed to communicate the condition of specific units out of the total they were planning on sending.
This time around, however, they have stated that:

Around 20 of them are in an acceptable condition, with a similar figure requiring repairs or reconstruction.

Keep in mind that Spain has a coalition government. Only the leading party of this coalition, PSOE, is in favour of lethal aid to Ukraine. 
Therefore, I suspect that they might have exaggerated last year, preferring to cite poor conditions without further detail over dealing with anger in the coalition. This is no longer possible today, as there is much more pressure in the West for sending tanks to Ukraine than there was last year. >

Been waiting to hear from Spain, feels like they are dragging their feet but I dunno their situation too much. >

France sent lighter tanks, however sending the heavier one is not requested/necessary/useful.
It doesn’t make sense to send completely different machines, and it also seems france heaviers tanks are actively in use and not in stock.
What’s I’m saying is not a lack of will, but that would be actively detrimental >

The light tanks are actually quite useful in Ukraine as they're used for fast heavy attacks on terrains that heavy tank can't go through such as swamp and muddy areas. >

Countries need to stop staying open and straight up say "Yes". >

These are moth-balled units and likely require a few months to be reactivated. Considering that Spain is producing a domestic variant of the Leopard 2A6 right now, they might be able to do that within their own national borders, rather than having to send them to German KMW factories. >

Tanks without service for a few years? That's dangerous