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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 ...
[107] [108] In January, 2023 4 Leopard 2A4s were donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a second batch of 4 was donated in February 2023, for a total of 8 tanks, reducing the number of Leopard 2A4s in Canadian service to 54. [109] TLAV M113A3/MTVL United States: Armoured personnel carrier: 135
Video footage shared by Ukraine's 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade appears to show a devastating attack on a Russian convoy in Donetsk.
On 24 January 2023, Germany approved the transfer of 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks from Bundeswehr stocks to Ukraine. [112] On 24 February 2023, this number was increased to 18. [113] 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 ...
The Federal Council, the Swiss seven-member executive body, said it backs a proposal from a key parliamentary security-policy committee to decommission the tanks and re-export them to Germany.
Originally formed as the Canadian Cavalry Corps in 1910, [1] Canada's first tank units were not raised until late in 1918. Initially, these units were considered to be part of the Machine Gun Corps and the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion; 2nd Canadian Tank Battalion and the 3e Bataillon de chars d'assaut were all too late to join the fighting in the First World War.
The Netherlands and Denmark are ready to deliver 14 refurbished Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the Dutch defence ministry said on Thursday. Both countries in April last year said they would buy the ...