At what point are we supposed to not repair and refurbish long decommissioned and outphased stored equipment anymore and just send them broken trash as-is, so they finally stop their narrative about months long delays?

[–] Alto@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd imagine that's going to become at least a bit more common in the near future as ukraine's need for spare parts increases

[–] sngoose@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can anyone Preise enlighten me where Dänemark got those T72s from? I know sometimes old soviel era armor ends up in NATO countries, but couldn't find anything about danish T72s.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't remember Denmark specifically, but Germany had more than 500 from ex-GDR stocks. Most were sold to northern Europe or other countries in the 90s, a few went to the US for analysis, some were gifted to museums and the rest was trashed.

[–] Hopfgeist@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[...] they are being acquired in cooperation with other countries.

So presumably from some ex-Warsaw-Pact-now-NATO countries, of which there are quite a few.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Germany alone got more than 500 from re-uniting that were sold in the 90's mostly to countries operating them that could or would not buy more from the original source (I remember Finland in particular).