The Netherlands and Denmark ordered 14 Leopard 2 tanks for delivery to Ukraine in 2024

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The Netherlands and Denmark ordered 14 Leopard 2 tanks for delivery to Ukraine in 2024 

From CNN's Inke Kappeler

Recruits of the Swiss army Tank School 21 perform an attack exercise with the Leopard 2 tank in Bure, Switzerland, on May 5. Denis Balibouse/Reuters

The Netherlands and Denmark have ordered 14 Leopard 2 tanks for delivery to Ukraine, according to a news release from German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall. 

“We are talking about 14 overhauled used Leopard 2A4 tanks, not new vehicles," Rheinmetall spokesperson Oliver Hoffmann told CNN on Tuesday.

The first combat tank is scheduled to be delivered to Ukraine in January 2024, with the remaining deliveries to take place in the course of 2024.

After Germany delivered 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles in March, a second batch of 20 Marders will be delivered in the summer of 2023, according to Rheinmetall.

Both deliveries will be supplemented by 26 brand-new military trucks and two Skynex air defense systems by the end of 2023, Rheinmetall added.

Germany has approved the delivery in accordance with the country's weapons export control act.