Loss of Engineering Leopard 2r: The Armed Forces has dozens of specialized offensive machines - Forbes

One of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces lost some of the LEOPARD 2R engineering tanks, but thanks to Germany, there are dozens of similar cars in Ukraine. In early June, the fighters of the 47th Armed Forces Brigade came across a minefield of Russian troops during the first offensive actions. Then a pair of demining Leopard 2r was lost. However, this will not hurt Ukraine in the offensive. Forbes reports.

On June 8, the fighters lost the LOOPARD, BMP M2 Bradley and Leopard 2r engineering field on the minefield. Some observers have anxiety because of this, whether other special sites have in Ukraine. Because the task of Leopard 2r is to exchange mine fields, overcome trenches and other obstacles on the battlefield. Such engineering tanks and the Armed Forces are needed to break through Russian defense in Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions.

And as noted in the publication, the Ukrainian army has different machines for such tasks. In this Ukraine, Germany, which supplies engineering machines, helps. The most in the Armed Forces is Wisent 1 MC, which is built on a Leopard chassis. The biggest advantage of Wisent 1 is the width of the trala, which can displace mines. Therefore, the loss of Leopard 2r, which Finland has been supplied is not fatal, because it has the same mine trall as Wisent.