The new German brigade stationed on Russia's doorstep is betting on tanks, even as costly armored vehicles are being damaged and destroyed by cheap off-the-shelf drones in Ukraine. NATO allies worried ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to order 105 Leopard 2 A8 tanks from armsmaker KNDS for 2.93 billion euros ($3.14 billion), according to a confidential budget draft seen by Reuters on Thursday. The ...

Twenty-two months into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Ukrainian army finally is forming a new tank brigade. Technically, the 5th Tank Brigade stood up in 2016. But for six years, it existed mostly ...

A Ukrainian Leopard 2 tank rolls toward Pokrovsk. Christmas in Pokrovsk was eerie. A transportation hub in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Pokrovsk had 60,000 residents before Russia widened its war ...

The German military entered what Chancellor Friedrich Merz described as a "new era" on Thursday, with the launching of its first large unit stationed permanently in another country. Merz and ...

With the ceremonial establishment of the permanent combat brigade in Lithuania, the German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has opened a new chapter in ...

Lithuania is preparing to build several dozen Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks at an upcoming facility in Kaunas.

The German Leopard 2A8 is considered one of the absolute best main battle tanks in service today. Though a few Leopard 2s have been lost in the fighting in Ukraine, reports suggest the MBTs have stood ...

More German Leopard 2 MBTs Heading to Russia’s Borders – One of the world’s best main battle tanks (MBTs) could be deployed closer to Russia’s major cities than the Kremlin would like – but it is ...

For years, Germany has come under heavy fire for neglecting its defense spending—a situation that dates to the end of the Cold War. This criticism is warranted, but Germany has taken some very ...