The debate centers on the precise form and function of the new fighting vehicles — but it misses the point.
(The guns on the Bradley and Marder are smaller-caliber, while the AMX is wheeled rather than tracked.)
And despite the downsides of providing these more sophisticated vehicles, armored vehicles can help capture ground whereas artillery, even if more lethal and at least as important, by itself can’t.
A Marder infantry fighting vehicle of the German armed forces participates in the NATO Iron Wolf military exercises on Oct. 26, 2022, in Pabrade, Lithuania.
Nonetheless, supplying new, tougher armored vehicles will improve Ukraine’s ability to liberate territory.