The German Leopard 2 main battle tank has undergone a complex evolution since the late 1980s, with multiple marks including the 2A4, 2A5, 2A6, 2A6M, 2A7, 2A7V, and the upcoming 2A8. Upgrades over the ...

Despite the rise of drones and long-range missiles, one piece of military hardware still dominates ground combat: the tank.

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 Franco-German armaments group KNDS has received 350 orders from five countries for the latest version of the Leopard 2 battle tank, a company spokesman told dpa. Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, ...

The Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) tank platform will be powered by a Rolls-Royce 1,400+ kW Powerpack hybrid drive system.

Lithuania has appropriated roughly €700 million for 44 advanced Leopard 2A8 tanks—but rather than buying them from Germany outright, it has arranged to build them in its own factories.

Soldiers and guests look at a Leopard 2 A8 tank for the Norwegian armed forces at a KNDS plant near Munich on Nov. 19, 2025. (Michaela Stache/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — KNDS, the French-German ...

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Mar 11, 2025, 04:12pm EDT A Ukrainian Strv 122 and Leopard 2A6. Sweden donated 10 of its best Strv 122 tanks to Ukraine. In two years ...