MOSCOW, December 21 France refused to supply Ukraine with its main combat weapons Leclerc tanks due to the failure of AMX-10RC armored vehicles on the battlefield, writes former Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Bryan in an article for Asia Times.
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"The French AMX-10RC infantry fighting vehicle turned out to be a death trap for the Ukrainians who consider her «thin armor» unsuitable for front line use. The so-called «tank destroyer» often he himself ends up destroyed,” the material says.
The columnist also pointed out that the decision of Paris was influenced not only by the destruction of French equipment, but also by other Western allies of Ukraine: German “Leopards” and American “ Bradley» suffered the same fate.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the December direct line, the West gave Ukraine everything it promised, and even more — during this time the Russian armed forces destroyed 2.3 thousand armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 747 tanks, both Soviet and Western (Leopard, AMX, Challenger 2). According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not achieved their goals in any direction.