Germany began producing the successor to the Leopard 1 in 1978 and had produced over 3,500 as of January 2023. The Leopard 2 MBT is a highly sought-after weapon system operated by numerous ...

But Ukraine is getting just 71 Leopard 2s from its European allies and 31 M-1s from the United States. A hundred tanks for an army that needs more than a thousand tanks to equip all of its armor ...

But some Ukrainians who have trained on the Leopard 1 expressed a preference for the German vehicle. “The Leopard 1A5 is much more maneuverable than our T-72,” one Ukrainian trainee told a ...

A Leopard 2 A6 main battle tank is pictured on February 1 in Augustdorf, Germany. The Netherlands and Denmark have teamed with Germany to pledge more than 100 tanks to Ukraine.

Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands will pool funds to restore at least 100 old Leopard 1 tanks from industry stocks and supply them to Ukraine, according to a joint statement published on Tuesday.

A Turkish Army Leopard 1 tank drives through a test range at a military base near the western town of Arifiye, Turkey, on Nov. 12, 2009. (Selcan Hacaoglu/AP) ...

A Copenhagen-led three-nation coalition plans to send Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, Danish and Ukrainian officials have confirmed. While the weapon was developed in the 1960s, the Leopard 1 is still ...

Germany has given the green light for the export of Leopard 1 battle tanks to Ukraine in a €100 million deal to bolster Kyiv’s defences. Rheinmetall, the German arms manufacturer, needed the ...

Leopard 1 Tanks Adapted to Combat Drones and Missiles with New Turrets The upgrade involves modifying the tank’s chassis, with changes to crew positions and a reduction in weight by about five ...

Canada's old Leopard 1 tanks for sale but no firm buyers at this point Captain Scott Franklin, with the office of the Director Land Requirements, pointed out in a Jan. 23 article on the Army’s ...