FILE - Two Leopard 2 tanks are seen in action during a presentation of the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk has expressed frustration in an interview with CNN over Germany’s indecision over whether to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

A Leopard 2 main battle tank of the German armed forces fires at the Bundeswehr army training center in Ostenholz on October 17, 2022 near Hodenhagen, Germany.

German Leopard 2 battle tanks participate in military exercises at the Letzlingen Bundeswehr combat training center, Germany, in 2014. Norway wants to buy at least 54 copies of the tank type ...

-Germany plans to acquire 105 Leopard 2A8 tanks from KNDS in a deal worth €2.93 billion ($3.14 billion), with some tanks to be stationed in Lithuania.

A Leopard 2 A6 main battle tank carries out manoeuvres during a visit by German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to the Bundeswehr's Panzerbataillon 203 tank squadron on February 1, 2023 in ...

FILE --A Leopard 2 tank is pictured during a demonstration event held for the media by the German Bundeswehr in Munster near Hannover, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011.

A Leopard 2 tank is pictured during a demonstration event held for the media by the German Bundeswehr in Munster near Hannover, Germany, Sept. 28, 2011.

Developed in the 1970s to replace the older Leopard 1, the Leopard 2 was adopted by the West German Bundeswehr in 1979 and has been exported to nations around the world.

The Leopard 2's gun is stable enough to balance a beer without spilling. That's not why Ukraine wants to acquire the tank, but it helps.

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