Abrams tanks are being repaired in Lithuania

8 January, 2024 Repair and maintenance of US Army Abrams tanks in Lithuania, January 2024. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Lithuania Lithuania is repairing the Abrams main battle tanks of US Army units stationed in the Baltic States.

The Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania reported about this on social media. The ministry said it was strengthening logistical support for NATO allies. From the beginning of 2024, the US forces can repair their heavy military equipment at the Lithuanian army's state-of-the-art workshop near the village of Rukla.

The first Abrams tanks have already arrived and are being repaired by both American and Lithuanian military specialists.

Repair and maintenance of US Army Abrams tanks in Lithuania, January 2024. Photo credits: Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania

American tanks are maintanced by Lithuania Defense Services, which was established in 2022 jointly by the German corporation Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). The joint venture provides logistical support for combat vehicles, primarily made in Germany, both for the Lithuanian Armed Forces and for armored vehicles of other NATO countries deployed in Baltic States.

Each of two partners owns 50% of the shares in the joint venture. The modern maintenance and logistics center covers an area of about 12,000 square meters. The location was chosen because of the proximity of Lithuania's largest military base near the town of Rukla, where NATO's Battlegroup Lithuania is stationed, and because of direct access to the railroad.

Leopard 2 tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repaired in Lithuania, December 23.

Photo credits: Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania

As previously reported, Ukrainian Leopard 2 main battle tanks are being repaired in Lithuania.

The first vehicles were ready in mid-December 2023.

Leopard 2 tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repaired in Lithuania, December 2023.

Photo credits: Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense

At the beginning of this year, it became known that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine signed a contract with Lithuania Defense Services to improve the logistics and supply of spare parts for German armored vehicles used by Ukrainian Defence Forces.