Editing Leopard 1 (section)

==== Delivery difficulties and delays ====
[[File:UA Leopard 1A5 01.jpg|thumb|Ukrainian Leopard 1A5DK during a training, September 2023]]

Denmark's Defense Minister stated on 11 March 2023 that the first batch of Leopard 1 tanks should be delivered to Ukraine by the spring.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 March 2023 |title= Troels Lund Poulsen: Kampvogne klar til ukrainerne i foråret |work=Forsvarsministeriet |url=https://www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2023/troels-lund-poulsen-kampvogne-klar-til-ukrainerne-i-foraret/ |language=da}}</ref> However, Germany's Defence Minister [[Boris Pistorius]] told his Ukrainian counterpart [[Oleksii Reznikov]] that 20-25 tanks would be delivered by the summer, around 80 by the end of 2023, and an additional 100 in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-govt-security-council-oks-delivery-178-leopard-1-tanks-ukraine-source-2023-02-07/ |title=Germany, Denmark, Netherlands to provide at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks for Kyiv |website=Reuters |date=7 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 February 2023 |title=European coalition to give refurbished Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine |work=Defense News |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/02/07/european-coalition-to-give-refurbished-leopard-1-tanks-to-ukraine/ |access-date=8 February 2023 | language=en |first1=Sebastian |last1=Sprenger}}</ref> The first 10 were delivered to Ukraine by 18 July 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Ukraine Just Got Its First 10 Leopard 1A5 Tanks. Now It Needs To Figure Out How To Use Them.|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/07/22/ukraine-just-got-its-first-10-leopard-1a5-tanks-now-it-needs-to-figure-out-how-to-use-them/?sh=c88efac50dc4 |work=Forbes |date=22 July 2023}}</ref> An additional 10 were delivered by 29 August, aligning with the delivery schedule given by Pistorius. However, the second batch of 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks to be delivered from Germany was refused by Ukraine due to the vehicles' poor condition and the lack of available spare parts and engineers to repair the vehicles in Ukraine. German experts travelled to Poland and confirmed the tanks required repairs due to the extensive training the vehicles performed in the preceding weeks. Germany agreed to cooperate on the tank repairs before their delivery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine lehnt Einfuhr von älteren Leopard-Panzern aus Deutschland ab |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/waffenlieferungen-aus-deutschland-ukraine-lehnt-einfuhr-von-aelteren-leopard-panzern-ab-a-1789c3b1-e5b3-4750-bf0c-88dc8c519b20 |website=Der Spiegel |date=19 September 2023 |language=de}}</ref> As of May 2024, only 30 Leopard 1A5 have arrived in Ukraine. However, an additional 60 tanks have already been turned over but at the behest of the Ukrainian Armed Forces training was extended and remains ongoing in Germany; an additional 20 tanks will be fully upgraded by June by FFG, and the 25 1A5BEs will be refurbished by Rheinmetall by mid year.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wiwo.de/politik/deutschland/leopard-1-die-ukraine-bekommt-zu-wenige-deutsche-panzer-stimmt-nicht-mehr/29779552.html |title=Die Ukraine bekommt zu wenige deutsche Panzer? Stimmt nicht (mehr)! |publisher=Wirtschafts Woche |date=2024-05-03 |language=de}}</ref> As of 8 July 2024, 50 Leopard 1 tanks had been delivered to Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-08 |title=Military support for Ukraine {{!}} Federal Government |url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/military-support-ukraine-2054992 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Website of the Federal Government {{!}} Bundesregierung |language=en}}</ref>