I finally found out why the Americans are putting pressure on the Germans to give their tanks to Ukraine, while they themselves won’t give them their own Abrams tanks, with an excuse that they are too high-maintennance.

You see, the Americans told all countries who will give their Leopard II tanks to Ukraine that they will receive free Abrams tanks from America’s own stock. Apparently, being high-maintennance is not a problem in this context. The Germans are freaking out because this is removing them from the market for tank purchases and harming their industry.

As the 34th rule of acquisition clearly states, war is good for business.