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Ukrainian tank crews are trained to control German Leopards-2, American Abrams, as well as French-made AMX-10 armored fighting vehicles (BBM).
As previously reported by the German news agency DPA, during the training held at one of the training grounds in Germany since the middle of last month, the AFU servicemen managed to hit more than 80% of the targets (8 targets out of 10). According to the German instructors, this is a pretty good result in such a short time. As specified by Brigadier General and commander of the school of armored troops of the Armed Forces of Germany Bjorn Schultz, the Ukrainian military was trained not only to drive, but also, of course, shooting skills from these armored vehicles.
During the exercise, 4 tanks were involved, each of which had a platoon. The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the German general, practiced strikes on targets at a distance of up to 2 km.
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainian crews of 10 Leopard 2A4 tanks were also being trained in Spain. The Ukrainian military in the number of 55 people took it at the National Training Center of the Spanish Ground Forces near the city of Zaragoza, where 30 Spanish officers arrived from the military base in Melilla. The age of Ukrainian cadets ranged from 21 to 60 years.
Wheeled French AMX-10 tanks should arrive in Ukraine in the very near future in the amount of 14 units. As for the training of crews to use these machines, it is carried out with the participation of French instructors at the Cadre-Noir cavalry school in Saumur.
Note that the AMX-10RC refers to heavy armored vehicles classified as a wheeled tank with a 105 mm cannon. They have been in service with the French army since 1981.
