ANALYSIS: Germany is one of the world's biggest arms dealers — so why won't it send tanks to Ukraine?
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany's military chief, General Alfons Mais, publicly bemoaned what he saw as the hopelessThe trouble is Germany's decision paralysis does not help perceptions of NATO unity: and it especially does not help the Ukrainians.other countries to send their Leopards to Ukraine if the US also supplied Kyiv with its M1 Abrams tanks was calculated to reveal America's own reticence to donate high-end kit.
. That's hardly a huge number, and it is definitely not the most-advanced piece of kit in the UK arsenal. But it was intended to get the ball rolling.Above all, the back-and-forth on tanks is proof that NATO lacks a coherent strategy for the war. If NATO members are serious about seeing those aspirations succeed — and if getting the alliance more involved in the war itself is a clear red-line — they will need a much-more-detailed plan to provide Ukraine with every bit of assistance it requires to win the war on the West's behalf.
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