A Look At The Western Armor Being Sent (Or Not Sent) To Ukraine?

A Marder armored fighting vehicle is pictured at the Rukla military base in Lithuania. (file photo)

RFE: Marders, Leopards, Abrams, Bradleys: What's All This New Western Weaponry Being Sent (Or Not Sent) To Ukraine?

In a flurry of announcements, some of Ukraine's major Western allies pledged this week to send advanced armored combat vehicles to help Kyiv in its fight against Russia's invasion.

Both the United States and Germany said they would provide new powerful weapons to Kyiv: 50 M2 Bradley fighting vehicles from Washington and 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles from Berlin.

The January 5 announcement came a day after France made a similar pledge to send new weapons -- AMX-10 RC armored reconnaissance vehicles -- in a development that marks a clear escalation of Western military support.

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WNU Editor: The UK is now considering sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine .... UK considering supplying Ukraine with Challenger 2 tanks to fight Russian forces (SKY News). More here .... UK considers supplying handful of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine (The Guardian).

In the whole scheme of things this new weaponry is not going to make a difference. 50 M2 Bradley fighting vehicles in a place as huge as Ukraine along a 1000km front-line is not even a drop in the bucket.