As part of a security assistance package in February 2023, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands collectively pledged to send over 100 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine. The first have already been ...

Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks ...

The Ukrainian army finally is adding reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks. And just in time. The army is forming five new mechanized brigades—and they might need tanks. A ...

Tanks have been a part of modern warfare for over 100 years, as the mechanical beast made its appearance during the First ...

Germany’s Leopard 2 main battle tank has a reputation as one of the finest in the world, competing for that distinction with proven designs such as the American M1 Abrams and the British Challenger 2.

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Ukraine is getting at least 100, and as many as 237, surplus Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and potentially ...

February 13, 2015: In December 2014 the German Army received its first models of the latest Leopard 2 model, the 2A7+. The upgrades in the 2A7+ are based on user experience in Afghanistan. Canada and ...

After seeing the Leopard 2’s success in the Ukraine war, Croatia has decided to procure the advanced tank platform. Croatia is the latest nation to pen a procurement deal for the German-designed ...

Though there may still be obstacles to transferring Leopard tanks to Kyiv, Duda's announcement was celebrated by Ukraine, which has long sought the weapons to help it fend off Russia's continued ...

The upgrade costs about $100,000 per sight and give Leopard 2 users something most M1 users already had. In 2009 Germany began upgrading its few active duty Leopard tanks from the 2A6 to the A7+ ...