Current german tank force crack#
Such compelling logic, alas, does not crack the puzzle of Germany’s new-found resolve. He will be emboldened to go for more and intimidate the rest of Europe. If Putin wins this war, he will unhinge a 77-years old European order based on restraint, deterrence and a slew of peace-minded treaties. Stopping and reversing Russia’s westward drive is a fundamental strategic interest. What is behind this stunning volte-face? Has Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government finally grasped that there is more at stake than moral obligation to the victims of Russia’s war? Now, German-made tanks will be rolling into Ukraine. Deemed offensive weapons, these would supposedly expose Germany to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fury. As pressure from Germany’s allies and Ukrainians rose, more serious stuff was dribbled out bit by bit: artillery, shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles, armoured personnel carriers, flak panzers and short-range rockets.
Initially, Germany sent only helmets and body armour to Ukrainians battling the Russian invaders. The decision signals a stunning reversal of a longstanding, and obsessively upheld, principle of German foreign policy: no offensive hardware for Ukraine we Germans cannot afford to rile the Russians. A year into the war, Germany is suddenly set to deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks. It shows a German panzer with a Ukrainian flag. HAMBURG - “Tankeschön”, reads a punning meme making the rounds online these days.
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