Report: U.S. Moving Towards Delivering Abrams Tanks To Ukraine, Germany To Also Send Tanks

A Tuesday report claims that officials from the United States have been fired. said You can find the Biden administration Is moving To deliver a few Abrams M1 tank tanks to Ukraine This week, we may have an update on the plan.

This news would be announced in conjunction with a move by GermanyAccording to The Wall Street Journal,, which would also send some Leopard 2 tanks and allow more tanks made in Germany to be sent to other countries.

On Tuesday, Spiegel Politics reported German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to send tanks to Ukraine. Officially, Poland also has requested Germany approves sending Leopard tanks to the country. 

“The Germans have already received our request for consent to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine,” Poland Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said. “I also appeal to the German side to join the coalition of countries supporting Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.”

Germany, the United States and other countries have fought over the supply of tanks to Ukraine to aid in the fight against Russia. 

Last week, the World Economic Forum featured the chancellor in private. told Senators were told by Joe Biden that he would not give Leopard tanks to Ukraine unless the United States stated it would. Last week, Scholz spoke with President Joe Biden, who said that he would consider sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine, even though it was opposed by the Pentagon. 

According to the Journal, a top German official stated that the topic was being discussed for more than a week and appeared to be heading towards a solution.

The Abrams tanks were resisted by military officials because of the way they use gas and the amount of effort required to maintain them. 

“The Abrams tank is a very complicated piece of equipment. It’s expensive, it’s hard to train on. It has a jet engine, I think it’s about three gallons to the mile of jet fuel. It is not the easiest system to maintain,” Colin Kahl is the Under Secretary for Defense for Policy told After visiting Kyiv, the press was present last week. “It may or may not be the right system.”

Officials from Germany noted that Scholz was concerned that Ukraine would have so many German-made military tanks, as it could look like Germany was the main actor in the war. Officials noted that the country is keen to work with its allies, particularly the United States, since it doesn’t have a nuclear deterrent.

Germany, however, is the exception. keeps nuclear weapons United States on its Land.

“We absolutely want to have German tanks in Ukraine but they need to be part of a broad coalition that would provide a mix of hardware, including the Abrams,” According to one source, the official said.