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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Germany is scrapping hundreds of Marder light tanks as we speak, can think of better uses for them
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Scholz holds up German tank deliveries to Ukraine
https://www.politico.eu/article/scho...ry-to-ukraine/
No idea if these were the 'scrapped' ones, as quite a few are being/have been upgraded. Article does mention . .
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Because the tanks standing on the Rheinmetall grounds are largely decommissioned military materiél, they would have to be refurbished before being sent to Ukraine. One workaround could be to instead send identical models from the German army to Ukraine and later replace the army’s tanks with the refurbished ones.
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There are logistical problems, though: Germany would need to train Ukrainian soldiers to use these tanks, teach mechanics how to maintain them and ensure a supply of munitions and spare parts, the officials said.
Strack-Zimmermann warned that such steps could not be done on Ukrainian soil “because under international law, we would then be a party to the war.”
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