 Germany may give leopards to Ukraine. Germany cannot rule out the delivery of leopard tanks, heavier fighting vehicles than the Mardas, to support Ukrainian military forces in the future, the country's economic minister told German broadcaster ARD. Of course it can't be wrong. His comments came two days after Germany said it wants to deliver around 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine before the end of March. The decision Habeck said was good and long overdue. In the space of a few days this week, France, the United States and Germany all announced they would donate to Ukraine powerful armoured vehicles, French AMX-10RC scout vehicles, American M2 infantry fighting vehicles and German Marder IFVs. So which of Ukraine's allies is going to be the first to pledge leopard tanks? There are several candidates and it might be only a matter of time and not much time before one of them opens up its arsenals and turns the engines of long-stored surplus leopards. Hundreds of older models, including many of the most popular leopard 2A4s, are in storage in Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain among other countries. Other NATO members have kept all their leopard 2s in active service, but also possess other tank types and thus could in theory let go of their leopard 2s without totally sacrificing their heavy combat capability. Germany controls the export licence for all leopard 2s, so Berlin ultimately decides whether any country can sell or donate its tanks. So far, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been unwilling to approve any transfer of leopard 2s to Ukraine.