As former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a recent Washington Post op-ed, NATO hesitance toward supplying more equipment will allow Russia to harden its grip on stolen territories and regroup for new offensives. Ukraine’s path to reclaiming its territorial sovereignty lies in leveraging machines rather than sacrificing men. They can work despite enemy shellfire to destroy armored vehicles and concrete obstacles, all barriers to the Ukrainians as they battle this year against dug-in Russian forces along the roads to Crimea and the Donbas. MBTs’ thick armor, speed, 120 mm main gun, and thousands of machine gun rounds make them invaluable assault assets. Adding MBTs alongside modern infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs)-such as the 109 Bradleys being transferred by the United States and the 40 Marders promised by Germany-and mobile artillery yields a lethal trinity of modern mechanized warfare. Main battle tanks (MBTs) are a critical missing piece for the Ukrainians as they battle Russia’s invasion.
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