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Leopard 2A6

Leopard 2A5
TypeMain battle tank
Place of originGermany
Specifications
Weight62.3 tonnes
Length7.7 m
Width3.7 m
Height3.0 m
Crew4
Armor3rd Generation composite; including high-hardness steel, tungsten and plastic filler with ceramic component.
Primary
armament		1 x 120 mm Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun.

42 rounds

Secondary
armament		2 x 7.62 mm MG3

4,750 rounds

EngineMTU MB 873 Ka-501 12-cylinder diesel
1,500 HP(1,103 kW)at 2600 RPM.
Power/weight24.2 hp/tonne
Suspensiontorsion-bar
Operational
range		550 km
Speed72 km/h

The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank built by the German company Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann, developed in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979, replacing the earlier Leopard 1 as the foremost MBT in the Bundeswehr. Its different versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and ten other European countries.

There are two main development batches of the tank, the original models up to Leopard 2A4 which have vertically faced turret armour, and the "Improved" batch, namely Leopard 2A5 and newer, which have angled arrow-shaped turret add-on armour together with a number of other improvements. All models feature digital fire control systems with laser range-finders, fully stabilized main gun and coaxial machinegun and night vision equipment (first vehicles used a Low-Light Level TV system or LLLTV, thermal imaging was introduced later on). The tank has the ability to engage moving targets while moving over rough terrain. It can drive through water 4 meters deep using a snorkel or 1.2 meters without any preparation and climb vertical obstacles over 1 meter high. The tank is powered with a turbo-charged multi-fuel V12 diesel engine that produces 1500 horsepower.