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Against the refusal of Ukraine in the supply of heavy armored vehicles produced in the West, Kiev continues to Soviet tanks, but not in large quantities and individually. As it turned out, concerned citizens of Europe who wish to the Ukrainian army to further protect them from "Russian aggression" and started to collect funds for the purchase of armored vehicles.
After collecting the money in some countries for the purchase of armed drones Bayraktar TB2, seemed to have been no surprise, but Europe continues to do so. Now the Europeans are collected in the tanks for the APU. The pioneer of this case was made by the Czech Republic, where indifferent to the plight of the Ukrainian army, the citizens of the country have already picked up on one of the T-72.
According to the Ukrainian press, the fundraiser was a Czech organizations are very willing to help APU in opposition to the "a full-scale Russian invasion." In General, the lumped this organization is neither more nor less, and more than 1.22 million euros, which was bought one of the T-72M1 upgraded to version Avenger. As explained, this is supposedly the new Czech modernization of T-72 tanks, which makes it comparable tanks of the 3rd generation. There is a connection is established NATO standard, GPS, cameras, etc. all the T-72M1, but received a bit of an upgrade.
According to reports, the tank was sent to Ukraine, as it turned out, send it by rail was included in the purchase price. The purchase of the tank were made with the help of the Ministry of defence of the Czech Republic.
Perhaps now we can expect some more fundraising to tanks in other countries, as it was with drones. In principle, after the purchase of three or four Bayraktar TB2 fees quietly faded away. And tanks.
