Ukraine Demands ABRAMS Tanks But Biden Not Keen On Arming
US mulls sending bradley fighting vehicles instead
West picks armored battle vehicles over heavier tanks
This medium armoured combat vehicle is Joe Biden pick over ABRAMS Tanks for Ukraine . The US president is now mulling to arm Ukraine with bradley fighting vehicles . The bradley boasts of a powerful gun which can serve as a troop carrier.
It has been the US army staple to carry troops around battlefields since 1980s . The US army has thousands of bradley and can give Ukraine more firepower . The US made armoured vehicle can strengthen Ukraine ability in trench warfare.
But Biden move however would fall short of sending the ABRAMS tanks . Ukraine has repeatedly asked its western allies for heavier fighting vehicles such as the ABRAM & German made Leopard tanks which both US and Germany have so far denied.
France on other hand promised to send light AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicle.
Australia has armed Kyiv with 90 of its Bushmaster protector mobility vehicles. An armoured unit hardened against landmines small arms fire and other threats .
However reuters reported that the French vehicles would be the first western armoured vehicles delivered to Ukraine to fight Russia .
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