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There’s ample precedent for Ukrainian brigades swapping tankers, tanks and even entire tank companies and battalions. The thinly-armored M-55Ss surely would have fared ever worse than the Leopard 2s have done. The Leopard 2A6 is one of the best-protected tanks in the Russia-Ukraine war-and the 33rd Brigade has lost several of the type in dangerous assaults across Russian minefields.
