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 ...

Netherlands' State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman speaks during a contract signing for new Leopard battle tanks in Amersfoort on May 14, 2025. (Vincent Jannink/ANP/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — ...

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

Sergey Suvorov pointed to some specifics of the crew’s location in Western-made tanks that can hamper their operation and complicate their exit from a damaged vehicle MOSCOW, May 20. /TASS/. A ...

The state tech corporation said that Russian-made T-72B3M, T-80BVM and T-90M vehicles are the serial-produced tanks best adapted to modern warfare MOSCOW, May 19. /TASS/. Expert evaluations of a ...

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.

Germany's Leopard 2 tanks are said to have been a failure on the frontline in Ukraine and Kyiv's soldiers prefer using German tanks from the 1960s, according to a damning assessment by Ukraine's ...

Spanish-based military company Indra Sistemas and its German counterpart, Rheinmetall Electronics, agreed to work together to enhance Madrid’s fleet of Leopard 2E main battle tanks. Spanish-based ...

The Netherlands is procuring at least 46 Leopard 2A8 MBTs in co-operation with Germany in 2028–31. (Dutch MoD) The Netherlands signed a contract for the Leopard 2A8 main battle tank (MBT) on 14 May, ...