Huwebes, Agosto 11, 2011

2011 Leopard 2A6 Tank Machine Review

The 2011 Leopard 2A6 Tank is, undoubtedly, one of the most successful projects of the last generation of main battle tanks, with over 3,200 units produced. The Finnish Army is buying 124 and the Polish Army 128 used 2011 Leopard 2A6 Tank from Germany. The first 30 tanks are being assembled by KMW, the remainder by ELBO of Greece. The first locally built tank was delivered in October 2006. In August 2005, Greece placed an order for 183 used Leopard 2A4 and 150 Leopard 1A5 tanks from the Bundeswehr reserves. In November 2005, an agreement was signed for the sale of 298 German army Leopard 2A4 tanks to Turkey. Deliveries are planned for early 2006-07.The German Army is upgrading 225 2011 Leopard 2A6 Tank tanks to 2A6 configuration, the first of which was delivered in March 2001.  The first 30 are being built by 2011 Leopard 2A6 Tank and the rest are being license-built in Spain by General Dynamics, Santa Barbara Sistemas. The first tank was handed over to the Spanish Army in June 2004 and deliveries should complete in 2008. Another variant is the 2011 Leopard 2A6 Tank, which has a new command and control system and new passive armour system. 120 Leopard 2 have been delivered to the Swedish Army. Deliveries concluded in March 2002.