{"id":50593,"date":"2023-02-24T21:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=50593"},"modified":"2023-02-26T23:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T22:18:36","slug":"this-was-the-arrival-of-the-first-leopard-2-in-ukraine-four-tanks-donated-by-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/02\/24\/this-was-the-arrival-of-the-first-leopard-2-in-ukraine-four-tanks-donated-by-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"This was the arrival of the first Leopard 2 in Ukraine: four tanks donated by Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Leopard 2 tanks have finally arrived in Ukraine today, as part of the multinational plan to supply modern tanks to the Ukrainian Army.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/02\/22\/the-more-than-700-tanks-donated-to-ukraine-by-other-countries-their-numbers-and-models\/\">The more than 700 tanks donated to Ukraine by other countries: their numbers and models<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/02\/13\/poland-releases-the-first-images-of-ukrainians-training-with-leopard-2a4\/\">Poland releases the first images of Ukrainians training with Leopard 2A4<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Prime Minister of Poland traveled to Ukraine today<\/strong> one year after the start of the current Russian invasion. Mateusz Morawiecki did not go empty-handed to kyiv: <strong> he took the opportunity to accompany the first Leopard 2s delivered to Ukraine:<\/strong> four Leopard 2A4s from the Polish Army.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52708926734_c8585c1938_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This symbolic delivery of the first Leopard 2 by Poland confirms the firm support that that country has been giving to Ukraine. To date, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/02\/22\/the-more-than-700-tanks-donated-to-ukraine-by-other-countries-their-numbers-and-models\/\">Poland is the country that has delivered the most tanks to the Ukrainian Army<\/a>. These deliveries are estimated to include <strong>more than 290 T-72M(R) and T-72M1(R) and 30 PT-91 Twardys<\/strong>, in addition to the Leopard 2A4s delivered today, the first of a batch that will be made up of 14 tanks of this type.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52708146407_ce63a7e9ae_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Polish Leopard 2A4s have arrived in Ukraine on flatbed trucks from a Ukrainian company.<\/strong> These tanks weigh 55 tons, are capable of reaching a speed of 68 km\/h and have a range of 550 km. <strong>They are armed with a 120mm smoothbore Rheinmetall L44 main gun<\/strong>, a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, and another 7.62mm machine gun next to the magazine hatch. Also, for passive defense, the tank carries 16 smoke grenade launchers in two eight-launcher mounts on either side of the turret.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52709155583_1c7e59fe3a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The tanks have been received by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal<\/strong>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Denys_Shmyhal\/status\/1629140992115847168\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a>: <em>\"We are grateful to Poland for the decisive steps that bring Ukraine closer to victory. We are waiting for the expansion of the tank coalition.\"<\/em> <strong>The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, has had the opportunity to access the turret of one of the tanks<\/strong>, as we can see in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 Leopard 2A4 \u0432\u0436\u0435 \u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-zSTdZ0UI8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In turn, <a href=\"https:\/\/polska-zbrojna.pl\/home\/articleshow\/39133?t=Zelenski-Pozostalismy-niepokonani\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morawiecki has stated<\/a >: <em>\"<strong>I came here today not only with words of support, but also knowing that this barbaric aggression must be met with force.<\/strong> We are the first European country to symbolically hand over the first four Leopard 2A4s\" .<\/em> The Prime Minister of Poland added: <em>\"For three decades, Europe lived in the belief that Russia could be appeased with money and normal cooperation with it. However, <strong>it is impossible cooperate normally with Russia. 365 days of war reminded us that Russia only listens to the language of strength and struggle<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52709155683_b45130a4bf_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Polish-delivered Leopard 2A4s bear erased Polish Army insignia and license plates. However, judging by the markings, <strong>everything indicates that they are tanks from the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade \"Lieutenant General Stanis\u0142aw Maczek\"<\/strong>, based in \u015awi\u0119tosz\u00f3w, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. 11 days ago we were able to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/02\/13\/poland-releases-the-first-images-of-ukrainians-training-with-leopard-2a4\/\">Ukrainian tankers training at the base of that Polish Brigade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52708669191_51e3dddb49_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The soldiers who will man these tanks have been greeted by the Prime Ministers of Poland and Ukraine.<\/strong> The soldiers wore black uniforms with black berets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52709083225_86b3db742a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The emblems on the Ukrainian tankers' berets, which include a rhinoceros, indicate that <strong>they are members of the 4th Independent Tank Brigade \"Ivan Vyhovsky\" of the Ukrainian Army<\/strong>, formed in 2017 as a reserve brigade and equipped with T-64 and T-72 tanks. <strong>This unit fought against the Russian invaders in the Battle of Kharkov<\/strong> between February and May of last year, and was subsequently deployed in the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk area, in the Donetsk region, and in Izyum, in the Kharkov region.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52709155633_bf1cfe8f73_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: Krystian Maj\/Kancelaria Premiera.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Leopard 2 tanks have finally arrived in Ukraine today, as part of the multinational plan to supply modern tanks to the Ukrainian Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12876,11544],"tags":[18454,18561,18558,2290,11274,18559,10370,10469,16153,15307,16151],"class_list":["post-50593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excluir-de-anotaciones-eng","category-army","tag-10th-armored-brigade-of-the-polish-army","tag-4th-independent-tank-brigade-ivan-vyhovsky-of-the-ukrainian-army","tag-denys-shmyhal","tag-leopard-2","tag-mateusz-morawiecki","tag-oleksiy-reznikov","tag-poland","tag-polish-army","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-ukraine","tag-ukrainian-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}