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Converted by Rheinmetall Canada from Leopard 2A4s purchased from Switzerland in 2010. Initial contract for 8 vehicles was awarded in November 2011 and extended to a further 4 vehicles in 2012. [105] [130] [131] A Leopard 2-based ARV was donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2023, reducing the number in Canadian service to 11. [109] WISENT 2 ...
The Netherlands ordered 445 Leopard 2 tanks on 2 March 1979, after examining the results of the Leopard 2AV in the United States. [86] It became the first export customer of the Leopard 2 and the vehicles were delivered between July 1981 and July 1986. Dutch Leopard 2 tanks have been subsequently exported to Austria, Canada, Norway, and Portugal.
Leopard C2: Main Battle Tank: 2000–2017 West Germany: 66 Leopard C1 upgraded and refitted with Leopard 1A5 turret. Retired in 2017 with 11 sent to museums and 45 designated as range targets. 3 were destroyed during service in Afghanistan and 15 damaged, 7 beyond repair and thus written off. Leopard 2A6M CAN: Main Battle Tank: 2007–Present ...
In June 1940 the Canadian Pacific Railway's Angus Shops in Montreal, as the only large firm with spare capacity, had received a contract to produce 300 partially fitted out Valentine tanks for the British; this was followed later with one for 488 complete tanks for Canada. [2]: 5 However, the Valentine was an infantry tank and Canada required a ...
Poland agreed to send 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from their army stocks on January 25. [114] Canada promised to send 4 "combat ready" Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine on January 26. [115] Four additional 2A4 tanks were promised along with 1 ARV on February 24. [116] Spain promised to send at least 10 of its Leopard 2A4 tanks, with more possible pending ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will bolster its force in Latvia with the deployment of 15 Leopard 2A4M tanks as part of NATO efforts to build a combat-capable brigade in a country that borders with ...
The Leopard 2 HEL is a derivative of the Leopard 2A6 that was ordered by the Greek Army in 2003. Around 170 tanks were delivered between 2006 and 2009. A total of 140 were built in Greece by ELBO, which delivered the first units in late 2006. 2007 Germany Canada: 20 ~60 tons 1500 hp
The United States and United Kingdom did not field teams due to the Gulf War, and hence it was a competition solely between Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks. This was to be the last competition as the 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group left Germany in 1993, resulting in the end of the CAT competitions.