Conditionally, "Abrams" can really be many times better than "Leopard 2" or vice versa. Or "Challenger 2", which is considered now as a symbolic gesture, will show maximum effectiveness, and the Russians will cry there," the expert is convinced. "Challenger 2" is a British mobile fortress, 14 of them are coming to us so far.
Ukraine will have received several types of Western tanks – Leopard 1 and Leopard 2, M1 Abrams and Challenger 2. The Stridsvagn 122 is not usually mentioned among them, as it is included in that
Concerning the M1 Abrams vs Leopard 2A1 protection question, I was somewhat confused about the comment by Spielberger. Looking at my protection solution of the Leopard 2A1 and the estimates of the M1 Abrams it seems that the turret front of the Leopard 2 might actually be better protected against KE (and maybe CE) rounds compared to the M1.
The U.S. pledged a total of 31 Abrams tanks in late January, as several of Kyiv's Western allies committed main battle tanks like the Leopard 2 and the Challenger 2. These have already arrived in
The M1 Abrams was the best tank in the world for a long time – and its Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom combat record backed it up. But lately, Army officers are warning that other tanks are catching up, including Russia's T-14 and T-90, the British Challenger 2, and the Israeli Merkava IV. Yeah, the Israelis have designed their own tank.
Rheinmetall AG, a German defense contractor that makes the 120mm smoothbore gun on the Leopard 2, says the tank has been deployed by “more nations than any other.” According to a recent analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based global think tank, some 350 Leopard 2s — in different versions — have been
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