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Ukraine is getting a new heavy-duty armored vehicle to haul its damaged tanks off the battlefield, US officials say
10 days ago | By Business Insider
A US Marine guides two M88A2s as they lift an M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge during an exercise in Virginia in March 2015. US Marine Corps/Cpl. Alexander Mitchell
US officials announced on Wednesday that US-made Abrams tanks would be sent to Ukraine.
Those tanks won't arrive in Ukraine for months, at the earliest.
Ukraine will receive other armored vehicles, including a US-made vehicle designed to haul others off the battlefield.
US officials announced on Wednesday that they would send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, the latest and most sophisticated piece of weaponry that the US has...
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What Tanks Will Ukraine Get, and Why Does It Want Them?
10 days ago | By Washington Post
Ukraine's allies have provided thousands of armored vehicles, artillery pieces, aircraft and other weapon systems to help the country fight back against Russia's invasion. But requests for top-of-the-line, NATO-standard battle tanks - above all the German-made Leopard and US Abrams - long went unfulfilled. The US cited training and logistical hurdles and Germany said it would not make such a move alone. Yet there are reasons why Ukraine's military wants them.
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Now that Ukraine is finally getting the tanks it wants, it's already looking for the next big thing - fighter jets
10 days ago | By Business Insider
A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride
Ukraine is finally getting the tanks it wants, but there's
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