The first batch of 14 AMX-10RC tanks was sent to Ukraine, the publication reported. Forces Operations with reference to a military source. When Kyiv will receive the tanks is not specified.
The Separ AMX-10RC tank (heavy armored car, often also classified as a wheeled tank) is a wheeled armored vehicle for reconnaissance and combat (EBRC). Designed in the 1970s, it weighs 20 tons and has a crew of four. Equipped with heavy weapons, as well as two 7.62 mm machine guns.
In January, French President Emmanuel Macron, during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky, promised to transfer a batch of AMX-10RCs to Kyiv. These are the first Western-designed tanks that the Ukrainian military will receive. That same month, Britain announced that it would send 14 Challenger 2 heavy tanks to Ukraine. London promised they would be delivered by March. In addition, the German authorities have allowed other countries to send the German Leopard tanks they have to Ukraine. The coalition for their supplies included 8 countries, but Die Welt later announced that Denmark and the Netherlands would not participate in the supplies.
About assistance to Ukraine by Western countries – in the material “Kommersant” “Threat of ammunition”.
