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Biden blew it! He could have convinced the allies 51 weeks ago to donate tanks and Ukraine armor soldiers could have trained in NATO bases. It takes 6 to 8 months to fully train these crews and put them through gunnery and field training exercises to be able to coordinate with artillery, infantry and aviation.
General Jack Keene's criticism is valid 10 months later.

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These are experienced tankers so its not like they are starting from scratch.
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SGT (Join to see) understood. I am an experinced tanker and me going from an Abrahms to a Russian T-80/ T-90 takes time. Biden waited until 2 months ago to give the approval. The Ukraine armor people have to learn the systems of:
1. Abrahms M1a1 or M1a2
2. Challenger 2
3. Leopard one and leopard 2.
4. Italian centauro armored car with 105 gun.
4. Bradley Fighting Vehicle with t o w missile launcher.

It will be a maintenance crew nightmare. There are other armored vehicles I didn't include that come from Australia and Canada but they're more like Brinks armored cars.
Too many weapon systems, too many different types of ammunition ,too few tanks to make a difference unless it's being used in the defense. My concern is to little training and no coordination with adjacent units and Aviation.

The main gripe I have is President Biden should have approved this almost a year ago.
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