signalmankenneth
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This is a good deal for Slovenia and Ukraine too?!! Slovenia gets German armor vehicles in return for giving M55s tanks to Ukraine?!! They a great job on the 1950's T-55 tank upgrade too, should be a match for any Russian tanks now?!!
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Golob agreed on the transfer of tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the "ring exchange".
But these will not be the M-84 tanks, which are a licensed copy of the Soviet T-72A. Scholz and Golob agreed on the transfer of 28 decommissioned M-55S tanks, which are improved Soviet T-55 tanks, to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Instead of these tanks, the Slovenian army will receive 35 units of 8x8 heavy trucks and 5 units of 8x8 heavy tanks. The relevant message is posted on the Slovenian government website.
It is still difficult to say what combat value such tanks can have for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But here it is worth recalling that in 1999, Slovenia modernized its 30 M-55 (aka T-55) tanks to the M-55S level, and this modernization consisted of the following.
https://en.defence-ua.com/events/ukraine_to_get_m_55s_tanks_from_slovenia-4276.html
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Golob agreed on the transfer of tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the "ring exchange".
But these will not be the M-84 tanks, which are a licensed copy of the Soviet T-72A. Scholz and Golob agreed on the transfer of 28 decommissioned M-55S tanks, which are improved Soviet T-55 tanks, to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Instead of these tanks, the Slovenian army will receive 35 units of 8x8 heavy trucks and 5 units of 8x8 heavy tanks. The relevant message is posted on the Slovenian government website.
It is still difficult to say what combat value such tanks can have for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But here it is worth recalling that in 1999, Slovenia modernized its 30 M-55 (aka T-55) tanks to the M-55S level, and this modernization consisted of the following.
https://en.defence-ua.com/events/ukraine_to_get_m_55s_tanks_from_slovenia-4276.html