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  Germany just doesn't want to be the only one sending tanks. Since they do view sending tanks as an escalation they want to see a unified tank deployment in conjunction with other NATO allies.
context: A No10 spokesman said Rishi Sunak had instructed Ben Wallace, his Defence Secretary, to “work with partners” to go “further and faster with our support for Ukraine including the provision of tanks”.
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  The apparent confirmation comes after reports that Britain is considering delivering Kyiv’s armed forces with around 12 Challenger II tanks.
  If a deal is done to supply Ukraine with a number of the British Army’s main battle tanks, it would be the first time a Western country has supplied such heavy armour to Kyiv.
  Poland and Sweden on Wednesday also joined the growing international coalition poised to send tanks to Ukraine, in moves that will pile pressure on Germany to follow suit.  
  Andrzej Duda, Poland’s president, said Warsaw had taken the decision to deliver Leopard II tanks but was still waiting on Berlin to give allies permission to export the German-made hardware.
  Pal Jonson, Sweden’s defence minister, told partners there was no need to fear that sending tanks to Kyiv would be seen as an escalatory move by Russia. >
  
  Imagine if newspapers typed out ads like this. Mid-topic and obtusely jarring. >
  
  While a dozen Challenger tanks on their own won’t win a war, the idea is that this allows for Germany to sign off on the transfer of Leopard II’s, of which there are far more available. Germany has so far been hesitant to do this for… reasons… the publicly stated one being the fear that offensive weaponry might escalate matters. By breaking that deal first, England and the rest of NATO can apply far more pressure on Germany by removing their fig leaf. >
  
  Germany just doesn't want to be the only one sending tanks. Since they do view sending tanks as an escalation they want to see a unified tank deployment in conjunction with other NATO allies. >
  
  
  “There is no change in the situation now because of the step that the British government has announced,” Mr Scholz’s spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit, said on Wednesday.
  
  Stop fucking around already, you have your coalition. >
  
  These 10 Challenger tanks are "breaking taboo" of escalation. Governments testing out waters and trying to apear as non escalatory. Thats it, there is no deep meaning here. >
  
  Polands statement is heavily misleading, they stated their intent to provide a company worth of Leopards once their export gets approved, which in turn requires German consent, furthermore Germany has stated while it does support sending Leopards, they all have to be brought to the same standard otherwise it’ll be counterproductive as finns operate one standard, poles second, spaniards third etc etc with some having completely different systems and subsystems that cannot interoperate amongst eachother. All of this would put a heavy strain on Ukrainian logistics, personnel training and familiarization and general interoperability amongst Leopard equipped battalions. >
  
  
  A No10 spokesman said Rishi Sunak had instructed Ben Wallace, his Defence Secretary, to “work with partners” to go “further and faster with our support for Ukraine including the provision of tanks”.
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  The apparent confirmation comes after reports that Britain is considering delivering Kyiv’s armed forces with around 12 Challenger II tanks.
  If a deal is done to supply Ukraine with a number of the British Army’s main battle tanks, it would be the first time a Western country has supplied such heavy armour to Kyiv.
  Poland and Sweden on Wednesday also joined the growing international coalition poised to send tanks to Ukraine, in moves that will pile pressure on Germany to follow suit.  
  Andrzej Duda, Poland’s president, said Warsaw had taken the decision to deliver Leopard II tanks but was still waiting on Berlin to give allies permission to export the German-made hardware.
  Pal Jonson, Sweden’s defence minister, told partners there was no need to fear that sending tanks to Kyiv would be seen as an escalatory move by Russia. >
  
  Imagine if newspapers typed out ads like this. Mid-topic and obtusely jarring. >
  
  
  “There is no change in the situation now because of the step that the British government has announced,” Mr Scholz’s spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit, said on Wednesday.
  
  Stop fucking around already, you have your coalition. >
  
  While a dozen Challenger tanks on their own won’t win a war, the idea is that this allows for Germany to sign off on the transfer of Leopard II’s, of which there are far more available. Germany has so far been hesitant to do this for… reasons… the publicly stated one being the fear that offensive weaponry might escalate matters. By breaking that deal first, England and the rest of NATO can apply far more pressure on Germany by removing their fig leaf.