Politico.eu.com | Germany to send 88 Leopard I tanks to Ukraine, 3 Feb non-party status

...local media reported Friday [3 Feb].

The move further signals a reversal of Berlin's policy on tanks for Ukraine, nine days after the chancellery announced it would send one company of Leopard 2 tanks [=14 tanks; co x 4 = 1 tank battalion] to Kyiv as part of a European coalition.[...]

4-person crew per tank is a lot of "training"

The German government is also considering buying back 15 Gepard tanks it had sold to Qatar [!] -- but might also face some issues there, since ammunition for these is made in Switzerland, which has so far refused to approve re-exports to Ukraine on the grounds that it would breach its neutrality. However, some Swiss lawmakers are pushing for the country to reconsider its position....

6 Leopard 1 companies + 1 Leopard 2 company = 7 tank battalions, 408 total trainees