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Honestly I hope more than anything that it's not interesting and that seeing these tanks incoming, Someone arrests Putin and this whole war moves to tribunals and is done with. Too many people dying for soil.
“So we get 2 tanks, but we also get 14 leopards to send into the trenches? Sign me up” >

modern warfare >

Jungle warfare >

Gorilla warfare >

What did you say about me you little shit >

I’ll have you know >

I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, >

Classic >

German armour going up against the Russians again within a century, who would have thought!? >

“German tanks will soon be arriving in Ukraine to fight Russia”
I don’t think anyone expected to read that headline ever again. >

And they really didn't expect to be cheering on the German tanks. >

Plenty actually would have. Near the end of WW2, the western allies were prepared to recruit German units on the fly if the Soviets proved to be a threat that couldn't be worked with. Patton in particular had a very high opinion of the Germans, to the point of calling the Nuremburg Trials a "jewish revenge plot". >

Yet further proof that the best thing patton did was die in that car crash tbh. Dude was not a particularly competent general, not that that was his job I suppose. >

I wish McArthur would have been in that car too. They led the charge against their own troops during the bonus army protest for WW1 soldiers. Not to mention McArthur's anti communist tactics. >

Nah, McArthur lived long enough to go down as a disgrace, I'm good with that.  Hugely important figure for American military history in the first half of the 20th century, but also kind of a douche.  His role in HOI4 is very befitting his real life personality and accomplishments. >

Aussie here.
He was both a shitcunt and a dogcunt. >

I'm unfamiliar with these terms... >

As another Australian, I'll translate.
He was not generally well thought of in many aspects of his personality and behaviour towards others. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 81%. (I'm a bot)


Germany will send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and has authorised partner countries to also send them - despite threats from Russia.
Although Ukraine has stocks of Soviet-made tanks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces need more, faster and deadlier weapons - in particular Western tanks - to push the Russians back.
The German decision comes after the UK announced it would provide 14 Challenger 2 tanks, which was widely seen as an attempt to persuade other allies to send Leopards, of which there are much higher stocks across Europe.


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14 Leopard 2 Tanks

These fast and furious movies are out of control >

14 Leopard, 2 tanks, 1 cup. >

1 Putin, 1 jar >

1 Putin, 1 cup of tea >

Do you add the pollonium before or after the water? >

After. Less possibility of splash damage, and better taste. >


Germany said that partner countries that have stocks of the NATO-standard tank can now donate them to Kyiv.

So on top of Germany's shipment, other countries like Poland now officially have the greenlight to make shipments without German interference. >

Germany never interfered. >

Yeah it was Switzerland wasn’t it? >

Switzerland had blocked ammo exports, however when you buy arms from Germany it comes with a legal clause attached that says that you are not allowed to re-export them without explicit permission from the German government. So up until now Poland couldn't send their leopards without breaching the contract. >


when you buy arms from Germany it comes with a legal clause attached that says that you are not allowed to re-export them without explicit permission from the German government.

Isn’t that the case with every country?

So up until now Poland couldn’t send their leopards without breaching the contract.

It’s notable that Poland has never asked Germany until 2 days ago, while the German government previously signaled multiple times during the past weeks they’d  greenlight these plans. >

They got a few days of shitting on Germany out of it. Thats largely what PiS functions on. Plus its an election year so there was no way they were going to turn down the opportunity. >

A few days of shitting on Germany is largely what PIS functions on? I'm confused >

A right winged political party raising votes by blaming a stereotyped foreigner for their own mistakes. What's there to be confused about? >


Yesterday, Moscow warned Berlin that sending tanks "does not bode well for future relations" - 

Do you know what doesn't bode well for future relations? Invading a neighbour and repeatedly threatening nuclear war if they ~~rubber~~ don't capitulate. 

and told the US that should it authorise such a move it would be a "blatant provocation".

Can Russia just shut the fuck up now?
EDIT:  Corrected autocucumber of "don't" to "rubber" in a way that leaves the humor in the comment. >

That Russian stuff is mostly for internal propaganda purposes. They aren't trying to persuade people in the west, they are trying to keep their own citizens mad at the west and supporting the war. 
Russia does have other propaganda aimed at persuading the west to stop aiding Ukraine, but that mostly consists of portraying Zelensky and Ukraine in general as corrupt Nazis >


That Russian stuff is mostly for internal propaganda purposes. They aren't trying to persuade people in the west, they are trying to keep their own citizens mad at the west and supporting the war. 

Some of it is just horrid. For instance, I saw one propagandist saying that the US doesn't have the industrial capability to produce more 155mm shells than they already do. The US production of Ventilators with as few people that were involved should make this a joke within seconds. >

I mean, that is partially correct, the American Military Industrial Complex was not prepared to support a drawn out artillery war in Ukraine. War planning assumed that ground based artillery would be used in support of armored offensives and that air support would be able to fulfill many of the missions that artillery is being tasked with in Ukraine. 
This has lead to a situation where American production cannot keep up with consumption and stockpiles aren't infinite. However, America isn't the only country supporting Ukraine, so with help from Europe, South Korea, and other nations Ukraine is doing decently in terms of artillery ammunition. 
America is also ramping up production, but this will take time >

Spring is going to be a very interesting time in Ukraine.   We'll see what NATO main battle tanks, NATO AFVs, and 60,000 NATO trained Ukrainians can do against 500,000 new Russian recruits.     
On top of that it's expected the majority of the Russian equipment captured by Ukraine will be refitted and refurbished and ready for action.   That figure could be up to half of Ukraine's armored vehicle supply.