The German government said on Friday that the delivery of German-made Leopard 2 tanks was not dependent on the delivery of M1 Abrams tanks from the United States. “At no time (…) has there been a link or a demand that one has to take place so that the other can take place,” government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in Berlin on Friday. Previous German media reports had suggested that Chancellor Olaf Scholz would only deliver the Leopard tanks if Washington was going to send an equivalent vehicle, namely the Abrams. “I find it difficult to imagine a German chancellor dictating any conditio…