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Main battle tank. 34: Leopard 2A6 upgraded with new Peri R17A3 commander optronics. (+51) in service as of 2019 [158] (-17) removed from service in 2022 to be modified in Leopard 2A7 A1 (see in future equipment section) [162] Leopard 2A6M Germany: MBT. Main battle tank. 20: Leopard 2A6 with better anti-mine protection. (+70) were modified from ...
According to Defence Industry Europe on January 16, 2025, the Italian Ministry of Defence announced plans to procure up to 380 new tanks based on the German KF51 Panther main battle tanks (MBTs), including recovery, rescue, and engineering variants, to improve the lethality, mobility, and survivability of its mechanized forces at the IAV 2025 ...
After the war, West Germany was given United States-built M47 and M48 Patton tanks and in 1956 the Germans began development of the Leopard tank project to build a modern German tank, the Standard-Panzer, to replace the Bundeswehr's outdated tanks. The German Leopard (later known as Leopard 1) tank first entered service in 1965.
The decision to put the Leopard 2 tank in production for the German army was made after a study was undertaken [when?], which showed that adopting the Leopard 2 model would result in a greater combat potential of the German army than producing more Leopard 1A4 tanks or developing an improved version of the Leopard 1A4 with 105/120 mm smoothbore ...
This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.
OSLO/BERLIN (Reuters) -France's decision to send light AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicles to Ukraine prompted renewed calls from within German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition for Berlin to send ...
The Schützenpanzer Puma (SPz Puma), meaning “Schützen-AFV Puma”, is a German infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), per the Panzergrenadier-doctrine, designed to replace the aging Marder IFVs currently in service with the German Army. Production of the first batch of 350 vehicles began in 2010 and was completed in August 2021.
In June 2018 while von der Leyen was still in command of the German MoD, it was revealed that deployment of the new vehicles and systems is scheduled for 2035 with full operational capability to be achieved by 2040. [6] At the time it was said that full-scale development of the tank could be launched if export customers were found. [18]