Spain continues with the mission of training Ukrainians so that they go to the front lines of the war with military knowledge. Thus, this Thursday, February 16, a new contingent of 126 Ukrainians has arrived in our country to receive instruction. In this group of soldiers are also the 55 soldiers who will receive training in the management and maintenance of the Leopard 2A4 battle tanks that they will use at the front starting in the spring.
As the Defense General Staff has announced in a press release, the 126 soldiers who have arrived in Spain have been assigned to different locations depending on the type of training they require. Thus, those who are going to drive the armored vehicles will remain at the San Gregorio maneuver field (Zaragoza), where they will receive specific instruction. It should be remembered that decades ago Indra set up the only simulator that Spain has with the characteristics of the Leopards that they will drive at the front on this maneuvering field, which is the largest in Europe. In addition, there they could also carry out maneuvers with live fire on the ground.
The rest of the military will be at the Toledo Training Command, the facilities that Spain set up at the Infantry Academy facilities. There, they receive a five-week course, six days a week and twelve hours a day, to learn specific healing, demining, and combat skills against IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices).
Spain organized the training module in the handling and maintenance of the Leopard after the Ukrainian Defense Minister formally requested this instruction. This learning process is carried out while at the Santa Bárbara factory they update the five tanks that Spain is reviewing to send to the front. These are five armored vehicles that have been hibernating since 2012 at the Casetas Logistics Base, from where they were sent to the Santa Bárbara facilities in Seville for a fourth-level review. Although at the moment they continue to assess the state of the Leopard, they know that by the end of March they must be ready to send to the front.
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