Canada shows delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine — photo

18 April, 01:00 PM
Leopard tank is loaded on board the plane (Photo:www.facebook.com/CanadianForces)

Leopard tank is loaded on board the plane (Photo:www.facebook.com/CanadianForces)

The Canadian Armed Forces have published photos of preparations to transport their German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.

The photos showing the tanks being transported aboard a Boeing C-17 military transport aircraft appeared on Facebook on April 17.

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Photo: www.facebook.com/CanadianForces

“On April 11, 2023, Leopard 2 tanks were loaded and transported to southwest Poland from a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster III as part the Operation UNIFIER (program),” the report says.

Video of day

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Photo: www.facebook.com/CanadianForces

“Canada has now delivered eight tanks as part of military aid to Ukraine.”

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Photo: www.facebook.com/CanadianForces
www.facebook.com/CanadianForces
Photo: www.facebook.com/CanadianForces

Nine countries will transfer more than 150 Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of a ‘tank coalition’, said U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on March 15. He added that the coalition continues to grow.

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Photo: www.facebook.com/CanadianForces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs between 300-500 tanks to launch a counteroffensive.

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