Leopard tank Lovers Grrr..Grrr.. !

[methos]

Hope I don't repost too much:

Leopard 2 Revolution / Evolution:
The Leopard 2 Revolution is a concept developed by Rheinmetall for modular upgrading the Leopard 2.

This is a Leopard 2 Evolution with AMAP-ADS fitted. The overall coverage is very low, it might be just a photoshop done for PR - other vehicles fitter with AMAP-ADS tend to hae greater coverage (in every case I know nearly 360°) and the frontal modules are often mounted on the glacis and not at the turret front.

 

[methos]

Leopard 2A7 / PSO:

This vehicle is actually an old mobility test-bed upgraded with PSO parts. It was called "Leopard 2A7" at the ILÜ 2010 or 2011, but afaik didn't receive that designation yet. It is not the Leopard 2A7 +, a number of it's features are missing. As far as I know the Leopard 2A7 will incorporate more A7 + features not on this prototype (like the new sights and 360° cameras). At TANK - MASTERS | Professional Military Photos & Documentary by Ralph Zwilling better (but smaller) images can be found of two different "real" prototypes.

 

[methos]

Leopard 2 early prototypes:

If you don't mind me posting some images here, I might continue at a later time.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Swedish MBT122B Evolution is recognized as one of best protected main battle tanks in the world.

The Swedish MBT122B Evolution has already been recognized as one of the best protected main battle tanks in the world. In a recent study program of the tank for the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) in Sweden, IBD Deisenroth Engineering succeeded in the development of a further improved protection dedicated to the tank. The concept is thereby designed to protect against the actual and future threats in theatre, especially in asymmetric and urban warfare.

BD's focus in this development was the optimization of the protection against the actual threats in theatre: new variants of RPGs, IEDs and EFPs as well as keeping high protection against "conventional threats". A new light weight and highly efficient SLAT armour was designed as an amendment of the protection concept. The effectiveness of the new solutions has been verified against all threats in a broad test campaign. Thanks to all these efforts the concept provides an outstanding 360 degree protection of the crew.

The completely modular design of the concept allows the use of any mixture of old and new protection modules. This solution is of great advantage in theatre with regard to maintenance and repairs.

Despite the improved overall protection level of the MBT 122B Evolution the weight increase of about 350 kg is only minimal such maintaining the high mobility of the tank. Also the width of the vehicle could be kept to exactly 4.0 m which is also an important factor for the use in urban environment.

The new protection concept is the latest variant of similar high level protection solutions (defined as Evolution Concepts) from IBD for different platforms that have been developed, where the kits based on the platform Leopard 2 A4 Evolution have already been supplied to customers.

Swedish MBT122B Evolution one of best protected main battle tanks in the world 23122010-5 - Army Recognition

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Units of 10th Armored brigade during training, Poland.

 

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[Kunal Biswas]

Canada rolls out new Leopard tanks:

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Chilean Leo II...

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Leopard-2NG

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Leopard 2NG

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Leopard 2HEL on exercise

 

[Kunal Biswas]

12-12-12 Guz Altmark, Germany.

German Leopard 2 scanning the horizon during the Combined Dutch/German exercise Rhino Victory 2012.

 

[Ankit Purohit]

Lovely Thread

 

[mayankkrishna]

A very nice Leopard Tank video

Link: LiveLeak.com - Tank brake test

 

[Blackwater]

Leopard-2NG

Leopard 2NG

Leopard 2HEL on exercise

kunal is it better than T-90 and arjun 2???

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Its not tested under Indian condition, So i cannot say for sure ..

But according to specs, It has better firepower, good mobility and a good design ..

kunal is it better than T-90 and arjun 2???

 

[Blackwater]

Its not tested under Indian condition, So i cannot say for sure ..

But according to specs, It has better firepower, good mobility and a good design ..

i think indian govt shd ask german for demo in desert and plane of punjab

 

[jmj_overlord]

i think indian govt shd ask german for demo in desert and plane of punjab

drdo and german companies can cooperate and maybe in the future can jointly construct a tank like pakis and chinis did (al khalid)......