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“Russians are really digging in. They’re digging in. They’re digging trenches, they’re putting in these dragon’s teeth, laying mines. They’re really trying to fortify their forward line for their troops.

For the Ukrainians to break through given Russian defenses, emphasis has been shifted to enabling them combine fire and maneuver in a good way.

At World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland,. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy told political leaders that Western weapons must outpace Russia’s attacks, urging the world to move fast as “tragedies outpacing life; tyranny is outpacing democracy.”

Noted: Stryker can transport a full squad of nine infantry and a crew of two. It equipped with a 30 mm gun, a machine gun and/or a grenade launcher, and can travel up to 60 miles/hour (100 km/hour). It runs on eight wheels, which makes it more speedy and fuel efficient than Bradley.

The 60 Bradleys was Known as “tank-killer” of anti-tank missile, while Bradley runs on tracks, making it more useful in muddy terrain than the Stryker.

This two vehicles serve different purposes. Bradley brings more firepower but carries fewer troops. The lightly armored Stryker is wheeled, can move faster, meaning it can get infantry squadrons into the fight better.

For months such supplie with heavier tanks, including U.S. Abrams and German Leopard 2 tanks, the Western have been careful. As UK announced will send Challenger 2 tanks.

The M1 Abrams tank is a very complicated piece of equipment. Tt’s hard to train on. It has a jet engine  , I think it’s about three gallons to the mile of jet fuel. It may or may not be the right system, Kahl said.

“One of the things that Secretary (Lloyd) Austin has been very focused on is that we should not be providing Ukrainians systems they can’t repair, they can’t sustain, and they and that they over the long term can’t afford, because it’s not helpful.”

Poland has providef Leopard tanks. German have and Czech Republic have provided Soviet-era T-72 tanks to Ukrainian and France has send AMX-10 RC armored vehicles designated “light tanks”.

Influx of new tanks and armored carriers comes as Ukraine faces intense combat in eastern Ukraine around Bakhmut and battles are expected to intensify in the spring.

With 100 Bradleys, the U.S. aid package included 100 M113 armored personnel carriers and 55 mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, or MRAPS. Those types of armored carriers, along with the Strykers, will better protect Ukrainian troops who are fighting a brutal campaign against Wagner forces, made up in large part of convicts from Russian prisons.

U.S. has large number of Strykers available the Army announced plans to convert its to a more mobile, infantry unit.

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speak to Polish soldiers next to the first Leopard 2 tanks delivered from Poland to Ukraine on February 24, 2023

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