the Chair of the Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermannhas the criticized for hesitant delivery of tanks to Ukraine. “We had asked the Federal Chancellor that we also deliver armored personnel carriers directly to Ukraine – possibly also battle tanks, because it is simply urgently needed,” said the FDP politician on Thursday in the ZDF morning magazine. “We could be a lot more offensive. At this point, however, the Chancellery is extremely reluctant, unfortunately.”
It would be a Possibility to deliver from own stocks. The industry has promised to be able to replenish this stock with the delivery of 50 Marder tanks within a year. Even if the inspector general of the Bundeswehr explains that the tanks would then initially be missing, it makes sense to go ahead, says Strack-Zimmermann.