Marder & Fuchs.

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From that previous blog entry: "NATO ally Slovenia send a large number of its T-72 battle tanks to Ukraine. To replace these, Germany would then send Slovenia a number of Marder tanks and Fox wheeled tanks from its own supplies."

Marder and Fox NOT tanks!! No!

1. Marder an Infantry Fighting Vehicle [IFV]. Carries infantry [a squad of ten men] into combat while able to provide direct fire support. Tracked vehicle with however less-than-powerful armament.

"The Marder (German for 'marten') is a German infantry fighting vehicle operated by the German Army as the main weapon of the Panzergrenadiere (mechanized infantry) from the 1970s through to the present day. Developed as part of the rebuilding of Germany's armoured fighting vehicle industry, the Marder has proven to be a successful and solid infantry fighting vehicle design."

2. TPz Fuchs. Armored personnel carrier, wheeled. "Fox". Carries infantry into combat. Wheel vehicle, but scant weaponry to provide direct supporting fires.

"The TPz (Transportpanzer) Fuchs ('fox') is a German armoured personnel carrier originally developed by Daimler-Benz but manufactured and further developed by the now Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). Fuchs was the second wheeled armoured vehicle to enter service with the Bundeswehr (West German Military) and it can be used for tasks including troop transport, engineer transport, bomb disposal, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical reconnaissance and electronic warfare."

Devoted readers to the blog consider for yourselves whether this transfer of weapons as it is being done is a fair trade. From my perspective the German more than anything else just ridding themselves of rather antiquated inventory, their war stocks!

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