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Finland bought 124 used Leopard 2A4 tanks and six armoured bridge-layer Leopard 2L tanks from Germany in 2002 and 2003. The tanks served as replacements for the old Soviet-made T-55 and T-72 M1. The Netherlands resold 114 of their tanks (and one turret) to Austria , 80 to Canada in 2007, [ 104 ] 52 to Norway , 37 to Portugal and 100 to Finland.
Leopard 2 Revolution: A Leopard 2 upgrade developed by Rheinmetall based on IBD's evolution concept. 61 from 103 Leopard 2A4+ of the Indonesian Army are upgraded to Revolution standard, known as "Leopard 2RI". [15] Strv 122B+ Evolution: An upgrade developed to increase the all-round survivability of Swedish Strv 122 tanks.
The vast majority of the Leopard 2A4 tanks were acquired used from Germany between 2002 and 2004; more were purchased in 2009. Some of the existing 2A4s are equipped with Israeli made Urdan mine rollers. [3] Fire-control systems of all vehicles will be upgraded between 2022 and 2026. [4] There have been a total of 143 Leopard 2A4 vehicles in ...
Leopard 2A5 KWS II Germany: MBT. Main battle tank. 19: The Leopard 2A5 is the implementation of the level 2 combat value upgrade (KWS) known as the Mannheim configuration. The German army had up to 285 Leopard 2A5 [154] Lot 1 (+225): 225 upgraded from standard Leopard 2A4.
A unit of General Dynamics, Spain-based Santa Barbara Systems, which is refurbishing Leopard tanks for delivery to Ukraine, suffered a cyber attack that took its website down, a pro-Russian ...
The Leopard 2A4's motor is an MTU MB 873 Ka-501 water-cooled V12 diesel engine producing 1,479 hp at 2,600 rpm, coupled to a Renk HSWL 354 four-speed automatic transmission. The running gear of Leopard 2A4 consists of seven dual-tired rubber road wheels and four rubber-tired offset track return rollers on each side, with the idler at the front ...
Over 80 systems were delivered for use on the Leopard 2A4 tank. [10] Although Rheinmetall did not want to disclose the customer, the system was reportedly fitted to Leopard 2 tanks of Singapore Army. [18] [19] The StrikeShield APS has been in series production for the KF41 Lynx. It has been showcased on the KF51 Panther and the GTK Boxer.
The Leopard 2PL is a main battle tank used by the Polish Armed Forces, and is a modernized version of the older Leopard 2A4 tank, phased out by Germany and first acquired by Poland in the 2000s. The modernisation is currently being carried out in cooperation with Rheinmetall and the Polish Armaments Group ( Polish : Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa PGZ ).