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.

The 2A4 model was the last of the Cold War–era Leopard 2s, which were designed to fight in relatively concentrated units in a fast-paced defensive war against Soviet tank columns, not to survive IEDs ...

In 2002 Germany donated to Poland a a total of 128 Leopard 2A4 tanks from the German Army stocks. In 2013 German MoD signed a contract with Poland to sell another 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks, plus 105 newer ...

The most popular tank in the world isn’t American; it’s a big cat in service with more than 20 countries worldwide. The Kampfpanzer Leopard 2, which Germany designed and built in the 1970s, is one of ...

A 47th Brigade Leopard 2A6 rolls past an M-2. Ukraine got just 21 long-gun Leopard 2A6 tanks from Germany, and assigned all of them to the army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, the unit leading Kyiv’s ...

Despite being designed in the 1970s, the Leopard 2 battle tank is still widely in use today and plays a pivotal role in major international wars and other conflicts. There's a good reason for its ...

This main battle tank has a front and rear thermal image system for the driver. The Leopard 2A7 is operated by a crew of four, including commander, gunner, loader and driver. The Leopard 2A7 retains ...

The satellite image and screenshots of Youtube clips show the Uralvagonzavod tank factory in Russia, which received a captured Leopard 2 tank. (Base image: Middlebury Institute of International ...