So far, neither Cheetah tanks, nor Leopard 1 or Marder have been delivered, the ambassador criticized. The announced exchange of rings with T-72 tanks for the Ukraine from Slovenia has also not worked out so far.
So far, the federal government has given the go-ahead for 50 decommissioned Gepard anti-aircraft tanks and seven Panzerhaubitz 2000 – heavy artillery pieces from the Bundeswehr stocks. It is not known when the first howitzers will be delivered. Scholz said on Monday that he expected the Gepard tanks to be made available “relatively quickly”. However, he pointed out that ammunition was still being sought abroad. The defense policy spokesman for the Union faction, Florian Hahn (CSU), told the “Bild” (Friday) that one had to ask oneself whether the cheetah announcement “was just a bluff”.