There was also a link (no longer there) to another URL which referred to Melnik
>> basically saying "They weren't built to be parked and polished, let us have them".
The same could be said of any country that hasn't emptied its arsenals to Ukraine. I don't see why Germany are much different from others. How low should they go?
They could send various pieces of equipment but AFV take more maintenance and support than small arms. They are also unfamiliar to the Ukr military. Perhaps they are in poor state and are mainly unserviceable, awaiting spares. Its quite possible.
A better option would be to offer those countries that still use Russian equipment to transfer it to Ukr and then get that equipment backfilled by other NATO countries.
>> My other point was that if Ukraine cannot contain the Russkies and begins to fall
>> apart there will be no central Ukrainian Govt. able to take advantage of Germany's generous
>> subsidies to it's arms manufacturers finance offer.
Well if the country falls then they'll be lots of things they won't be able to do.
Germany has for many years had a (to us in the UK) a weird relationship with Russia, so to us they should be doing more. But a Russia policy that has run for decades doesn't change overnight. Its a mindset across their country.
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