{"id":50815,"date":"2023-03-14T20:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=50815"},"modified":"2024-03-14T00:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T23:32:21","slug":"this-is-how-ukrainian-tankers-have-trained-with-the-spanish-leopard-2a4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/14\/this-is-how-ukrainian-tankers-have-trained-with-the-spanish-leopard-2a4\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how Ukrainian tankers have trained with the Spanish Leopard 2A4"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 16, a contingent of 125 Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Spain to train in different specialties with the Spanish Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

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According to reported<\/a> the Spanish General Staff of Defense (EMAD), those specialties included health, demining, combat against IEDs (improvised explosive device), crews tanks and specialists in maintenance<\/strong> of these armored vehicles. Of those 125, 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained in Toledo in a Combat Training Unit (UFC) for the specialties of health, demining and combat against IEDs.<\/p>\n

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The tower simulators (STO) of CENAD San Gregorio de Zaragoza, in which Ukrainian tankers have trained (Photo: EMAD<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The other 55 Ukrainian soldiers have trained with Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks in Zaragoza<\/strong>, at the Toledo Training Coordination Center (TTCC), created at the San Gregorio National Training Center (CENAD), one of the main maneuvering fields of the Spanish Army. This training has been carried out within the framework of the European Union Military Assistance Mission Ukraine (EUMAM-UA)<\/strong>, launched in Spain in November 2022 with the arrival of the first Ukrainian soldiers at the TTCC from Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian soldiers during their training with the Spanish Leopard 2A4 at CENAD San Gregorio de Zaragoza. In the foreground we see a Leopard 2A4, olive green in color and with raised flaps, belonging to the Infantry Academy. In the background is another Leopard 2A4 with its shield covered, possibly one of the tanks that will be delivered to Ukraine (Photo: EMAD<\/a>).<\/div>\n

This Monday, EMAD announced<\/a> that this week the training of those 55 tankers and maintenance technicians for Ukrainian main battle tanks in Zaragoza is completed<\/strong>, which will be in charge of handling the six Leopard 2A4s that Spain will deliver to Ukraine (expandable to ten, according to the government announcement). The EMAD has published today a video showing the maneuvers of the Ukrainian soldiers with the Spanish Leopard 2A4:<\/strong><\/p>\n