Tanks
Slight edit. In World War Two the German army deployed Tigers and Panthers, not Leopards. Thanks to my eagle eyed reader who pointed this out. I should have known better.
Firstly let me eat some crow. For purely logistical reasons, I did not expect Abrams tanks to be sent to Ukraine. Alas, the United States is preparing to do so at this point, and it is about thirty to fifty. The number keeps changing. So this is the latest as of this writing. We are getting ready to ship 30 of these beasts to Ukraine.
Can my kind community make that crow edible? Chiefly tasty, or at least tolerable? I went through the truisms of the logistics system involving this particular tank, including the engine that needs a particular jet fuel. I relied on experts such as General Mark Hertling, a tanker in the service. We also seem to have had some issues with these tanks during the Gulf Wars, so it stood to reason that there was some reason behind this.
At no point was the ability of Ukrainians to operate Western equipment. They have proven beyond able to do so. They have also transformed their military from a soviet system to a western army, with a proper non-commissioned officer Corps. This is the secret sauce of modern militaries.
A couple of decades have passed, and we have sent M1A1 and later the A2 to friendly countries ranging from Egypt to Australia.