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  Oh, I can safely bet that one of the modifications that we will see is Ukraine applying a generous amount of ERA to them.
context: according to other german news this is true, but there are problems to get the needed amount of ammo and not all of them are ready, some need maintenance, also this needs approval from german parliament which it does not have. So you will probably hear more about this in 4 weeks. >
  
  If they are fielding the 105mm L7, they can soure ammunition from other countries because everyone and their grandma used them. >
  
  Can confirm - Grandma uses her 105mm L7 barrel to roll out the cookie dough >
  
  Always having a blast with grandmas cookies. >
  
  Wait until she gets her cocktail shaker out! >
  
  Grandma makes some bomb ass cookies. >
  
  A real explosion of flavor in every bite. >
  
  
  The German government is also considering buying back 15 Gepard tanks it had sold to Qatar
  
  This is the most important bit of the news IMO >
  
  And once again Switzerland being dicks about it. Some day  Switzerland is going to get invaded and the whole world is going to turn their backs on them just like they are to Ukraine. >
  
  So something I'm struggling to understand here, maybe somebody with more knowledge can explain...
  If Switzerland's neutrality law does not allow export or re-export of arms and ammunition to countries that are at war, why would any military ever use them? If a war broke out wouldn't that potentially leave you stuck without a source of resupply? >
  
  Their machine cannons are basically the standard, back in WW2 they were licensed to both Allies and Axis and during the cold war they probably assumed that they have enough ammo in storage to last the war or at least until the soviets reached the Atlantic (Or that when the front gets close to the Alps the Swiss would realize that they are close to being neighbours to the soviets.). And the last decades everybody focused on war on terror and other fights against insurgents, which would also not cut one off from Swiss ammo. >
  
  Reject Oerlikon, go back to Bofors. >
  
  If Sweden joins NATO there's a very real possibility for that. >
  
  *If Erdogan stops being a douchebag and lets Sweden join NATO >
  
  Hungary is also being assholes about this. Let's not let them off the hook >
  
  True, but Orban is beholden enough to the EU that he usually shuts up after they threaten his funding. >
  
  They're playing rotateing villains, once turkey backs off Hungary will pop up with a new excuse to block. >
  
  People need to stop with the numerology. lol 
  Germany hasn't even announced how many Leo 1 will be sent. The press just assumes it will be 88 because that's how many Rheinmetall reportedly has in stock. The only official word was "The export request for Leopard 1 tanks has been granted." That's all we know for now. >
  
  The numerology I'm concerned with is the 70mm of plain steel on the front of the Leo 1.  It's primary defense is hoping that any round that hits it goes through and out the other side. >
  
  Since the Ukrainians aren't fools I doubt they would use the Leopard 1 for tank duels. It should be used like the Stryker MGS oder the new MFP for fire support of infantry units to quickly depose of machine gun positions or to take out a stray BMP if they stumble upon one of those. For these tasks this old tank is still useful. >
  
  This isn't ww2 anymore. RPGs were seen as a pretty big threat to the Leo 1's because of their numbers. These will need some modifications done to them before they should see the front.