The contribution of modern tanks to Ukraine's fight against Russia can help Ukraine punch through enemy lines, says Prof. Walter Dorn, a defence studies expert at the Royal Military College of Canada. But the contributions also put pressure on Canada to 'pony up' with its Leopard 2 tanks, says Dorn.

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Tanks for Ukraine a 'significant' move, says analyst

It is day 336 in this war professor and Germany has given the go-ahead. It's going to move its allies. It says can move as well. How significant a moment is this in the war? The provision of tanks are very important for being punched through the Enemy Lines. This means that Ukraine can have a chance of going on a spring offensive. There is an anticipation of Russia will try and spring offensive and this might be that the two sides will look for weak points in each other. And with tanks, you can actually grab a reminder territory and be well protected cuz they're well armored Russian t-72 tanks that were so battered from. The very weapon is the NATO has but she doesn't have quite the same capability of energy, tank, Suite A weapons. Game-changer are we have that level of of significance this morning Professor just how should we understand it? Yeah, I know how we'll go in the back and forth in the reality of battle in the fog of War. So this will definitely help Ukraine. No course. It will depend on how many they get they want. 300 100. Make a big difference with 14 from Germany and then other countries. This is a really significant so that Ukraine can be able to stop a lot of Russian advances and also go against his own right. Germany sending its first shipment of 14 Canada. We are told not to expect any firm announcements from the Prime Minister, although he will answer questions, how much pressure does Germany's announcement and subsequent announcement from Spain, Poland, Finland, France, all of these Coalition countries. How much pressure does it play yesterday on Justin Trudeau? A lot of pressure and also from the United States. So, part of the deal that Germany had was that it wouldn't be alone in providing tanks. I mean, we already had the UK providing Challenger to Tang. But United States is now promising to Abrams and one tank. So that means that there's a, there's a real movement and I think there'll be pressure from the United States or Canada, Pony up on the Ripper two tanks. Because let her choose will be the Mainstay of the Ukrainian Chang force with their old russian-made Soviets weapons. They are moving now to Western Armory and this means that they really need to have an weapons of a similar type, and the Abrams tank is quite different and all the United States has helped thousands of them. I think that they will be Leppard choose, which are easier to maintain and operate. The doors will be the Mainstay of the Ukrainian tank forest and that bill want to get as many as they can. Pressure from the allies, and from Ukraine itself could be applied more broadly, the Kremlin. Spokesperson this morning was sitting down playing this announcement of these tanks are burning. And they'll burn just like the rest of it, if, you know, and bravado that perhaps, that they're not expecting any serious threat from these. But how much of an upgrade are they, in terms of capacity from what Ukraine's forces are right now? How do they stack up the leopards in the Abrams against? What Russia has better? Is there? A third generation? Main battle tanks? The Western weapons are heavier, they got better armor, they can punch more. They can pack more punch. They have the capacity to that take territory more easily, the really the t-72. So, I really can't stand a chance against these, some more modern weapons ability to be able to Precise fire will make a big difference and move faster. So it's really, really rushes of match. Now that they happen to have a lot, but they've also lost a lot. So in the end, I feel up to a lot of strategy on the battlefield at tactical strategy, to figure out, where to move the tanks, and they'll be probing each other's weak points to figure out. Where can you punch through? Obviously, a lot of potential. The difference is, could make on the battlefield and that we're hearing yet. We are hearing from the German defense minister for example and others that it's going to take some time to three or four months before these tanks arrive and can be put into use. Why does it take that long to deploy? Handful really. I mean a few dozen up to a few hundred of Tanks to another country. There are already some 2,300 in Europe. What is it take so long to get there and to join the war, the transporter Jackson and they can be brought by Rail and even by air but the same the real challenge is to train the crews. I mean normally require a year or so to get the cruise so that tank roopkund can work together is all a whole new strategy. That's required for 4. Am getting these units, be effective and so you need to get the maintenance Depot so that you put them on the front lines. You got to make sure they have all the fuel and all the maintenance and spare parts in the necessary. So that ain't even the heat of battle. Something goes wrong. That there's a support that's there. So it is a time-consuming thing, but obviously, the appraisal want to get on and as soon as possible and select are tank Crews and then get them trained as soon as possible. I like to ask you finally about Russia's reaction to all of, this is a couple of things from the German perspective, both the chancellor and the defense minister have said Germany will continue to ensure NATO is not drawn into war with Russia. The defense minister said we will not become a party to war but again from Russia, this is the ambassador to Germany saying that this is an extremely dangerous situation and takes the conflict to a new level of Confrontation. Those AR comments made just this morning from both sides. What do you think in all of his the threat of escalation the potential for escalation was always Germany's concerning all of this to what degree does this? Raise the stakes? Well, if we've seen is steadily rising and Germany didn't want to be out in the front, that's why they needed to have the Americans pledge, the Abrams tanks at the same time, but I don't think that Russia can say that there's a I'm major escalation is, is there they don't like the fact that the tanks are there, but we've already gone to almost every other form of weapons system except long-range missiles and a fighter aircraft. So this is a, this is a steady progression in Weaponry. That the what I call the arsenal of democracy is provided to Ukraine, which is a democracy. So we have this this pipeline of increasingly powerful weapons, and it's not It's not something to rush. You can say well, this is a complete surprise rush hour. He knows that there's a large pipeline of weapons coming into Ukraine and that this is just another step, but it's not. It's not like an escalation into something that would be considered revolutionary on the battlefield. This is the tanks or natural in an area like this where you have two lines of Confrontation and the parties are staring at each other across these this type of World War 1 style of trenches, and a barrier. So the tanks are our bus station.

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