🧵 The Leopard 1A5 is - as I have been arguing since April 2022 - a fine addition to the Ukrainian tank fleet and matches older Ts while also being able to act as infantry support. @CorporalFrisk has a fine analysis below + 4 tweets on my idea development from April 22 to now 1/5
https://twitter.com/CorporalFrisk/status/1624361888631980033
The initial idea was generated back in April 2022 when the initial request from Ukraine and discussions with KMW and FFG emerged, but had no political support in Germany stopped the process. 2/5
https://twitter.com/hthhans/status/1518663374099435520
In September, I launched the idea to have a Danish acquisition of the ex-Danish Leopard 1A5DK, which got wide distribution and support - also outside the twitter world ;-) (even if the numbers were wrong - should have been 99 - we used to have 230) 3/5
https://twitter.com/hthhans/status/1573984404535492610
Interestingly arguments against my suggestion over the last 6+ months have been many and ranging from “not realistic”, “too derelict/impossible to repair”, “no training and knowledge available”, to “no 105mm ammunition available” etc etc 4/5
https://twitter.com/hthhans/status/1578075369520889857
In the end what I had suggested actually materialised this week on Tuesday 7 February thanks to the effort of many good people who also had the same conviction and idea that it was actually possible and would make a difference. Well done to them! 5/5
#freetheleopards
#freetheleopards
https://twitter.com/hthhans/status/1623057365884088322
@pmakela1 @pansarfem @gammelfenkan @stakmaskin @nHenrikJ @KampfmitKette @gepardtatze @Ce_Moll @Chefsanalytiker @QvintusJohan @Stefan_Laurell @patrikoksanen @niklas_granholm @MansRAD
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