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The new Leopard 2 chassis greatly improves mobility compared to the older T-55AM chassis, both on- and off-road. The Leopard 2 chassis is larger, providing a more stable firing platform for the Marksman turret to operate from.
The twelve Leopard 2 chassis used came from Swiss Army stocks with turrets removed and construction occurred in Switzerland. By late 2011 the last example had been delivered and the vehicles are used by the Swiss Army's Panzersappeurbataillon 11. [3] The next customers for AEV 3 Kodiak would be the Netherlands and Sweden in a joint purchase.
The new Leopard 2 chassis greatly improves mobility compared to the older T-55AM chassis, both on- and off-road. The Leopard 2 chassis is also larger, thus providing a more stable firing platform for the Marksman turret to operate from. [6] There are three communication radios in the vehicle for fire guidance and communications.
The Marksman turrets were moved from T-55AM chassis to Leopard 2 chassis in 2014 and 2015. In service use from 2016 onward. [3 ... e.g. road transport of Leopard 2 tanks.
According to Nexter's head of tracked and armour programmes, Francois Groshany, the benefit of the tank is the combination of the "very high capability" Leopard 2 chassis with the lighter Leclerc turret. [19] The 2-man Leclerc turret is approximately 6 tons lighter than the 3-man Leopard 2 turret.
It combined the Leopard 2 chassis with the Universal Turret previously developed for the Vickers Valiant main battle tank. The Vickers Mk. 7 was a key milestone in the development of the Challenger 2 as many of the features developed and successfully demonstrated in the turret of the Vickers Mk. 7 were later incorporated into the Challenger 2. [1]
Armoured recovery vehicle based on Leopard-1 chassis (BPz-2 ARV). [58] [99] 95 M88A1 United States: Armored recovery vehicle of the Patton tanks family. [58] [100] 113 M578 United States: Armored recovery vehicle. [24] [101] Armored vehicle-launched bridges 16 Leopard-2 Leguan Germany: Armoured vehicle-launched bridge based on Leopard-2 chassis ...
The AEV 3 Kodiak offered by Rheinmetall is a current generation military engineering vehicle; it is built on the base of the Leopard 2 MBT. The EBG combat engineering vehicle, based on the AMX 30 tank, is used by the engineers of the French Army. BAT-M engineering vehicle of Russia and the former Soviet Union