The Bundeswehr has successfully tested a new version of the Leopard tank

The German army has tested the new Leopard 2A7V main battle tank. Testing took place at the Bundeswehr Technical Center in Meppen and was filmed.

As you know, Leopard 2A7V is an upgraded version tank Leopard 2A6, recently considered one of the best main battle tanks in the world and competing with the American M1A2 Abrams, British Challenger 2 and French Leclerc. The previous version of the "Leopard" is in service not only with the Bundeswehr, but also with the ground forces of Finland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Canada.

Three years ago, Rheinmetall announced the start of a main battle tank modernization program, the implementation of which would bring the tank closer to the most modern standards and provide it with one of the most worthy places in the world tank market. The program to improve the tank included installing the latest software, improving the quality of armor protection, increasing armor-piercing capabilities and firepower of the vehicle.

What is the latest modification of a German armored vehicle? First of all, it takes into account all the features of modern tank warfare, including the use of tanks in local conflicts and urban battles. The design of the Leopard 2A7V is similar to the 2A6 tank. The tank's crew consists of four people - commander, driver, gunner and loader. The engine compartment of the tank is fenced off from the crew compartment by a fireproof partition.

The tank is powered by an MTU Mb 873 ka 501 diesel power plant capable of producing over 1,5 thousand horsepower. On the road, the new version of the "Leopard" is capable of accelerating to 68 km / h. The mileage of the tank before overhaul is more than 10 thousand kilometers.

The tank is armed with a 120mm Rheinmetall L / 5 cannon, capable of firing the latest DM53 Rheinmetall DM53 - Tracer (APFSDS-T) armor-piercing projectile. The firing range is 1600 meters, while the tank has the best characteristics in terms of penetration of enemy armor when compared to most other modern main battle tanks.

Additional armament for the Leopard 2A7V includes a 3 mm Rheinmetall MG7,62 machine gun mounted to the left of the main gun. You can install another additional 7,62mm machine gun on the turret near the loader's hatch. The undoubted advantage of the tank is the mine protection of the hull, significantly strengthened compared to previous versions. Added third generation Attica thermal imaging units.

And here is the official video of the latest tests of the new version of the main battle tank:

According to the plans of the German military department, by 2023, the Bundeswehr should receive 104 such tanks. The first serial modernized "Leopards" will go into service next year. In addition to the Bundeswehr, by 2022, 44 modernized tanks should receive the Danish ground forces. It is possible that in the foreseeable future there will be new buyers of the main battle tank, primarily from among the FRG's allies in the North Atlantic Alliance.

Comments

[Insurgent]

The Bundeswehr has successfully tested a new version of the Leopard tank

Oh hoo ... they are another TANK instead of a tower, they spurred (piled) ?

Well ... once successfully tested,let it be ... Nice barn, ATGM / grenade launcher dream.

[Antonio_Mariarti]

Yes, or with our T-72.

[hydrox]

What a wonderful tower roof - a whole basketball court!
It is impossible not to get into such a Hermes!

[Same lech]

Riding on the asphalt ... the dream of a tanker ... not like our Siberian swamps ... you climb up to your throat in the mud and howl at the moon.

[Yok Migarek]

The yellow flasher looks very nice on the tank. Can we equip our tanks with such?

[Doliva63]

Quote: The same Lech

Riding on the asphalt ... the dream of a tanker ... not like our Siberian swamps ... you climb up to your throat in the mud and howl at the moon.

Not when I was a tanker I dreamed of a dry and even primer - that's where you can give soot!

[NEXUS]

Quote: The same Lech

Riding on the asphalt ... the dream of a tanker ... not like our Siberian swamps ... you climb up to your throat in the mud and howl at the moon.

It seems to me that it is not tailored at all for our roads and not for our winter ... this is an option, somewhere in the desert, to fight, where there are no roads with muddy roads, no rivers with bridges, no vocational school with the "Vampire" .. ...

[hydrox]

Guderian's warriors did not reach Moscow because they howled at the moon for a long time!
And then this new Hermes appeared, with a high-explosive head of 20 kg, flying 100 km and having a KVO half a meter ...

[Vadim_888]

... Nice barn, ATGM / grenade launcher dream.

In the realities of modern combat, you will not even see it, as the artillerymen say: first you will see a flash, then it will tear your head off, and only then you will hear a shot. These tanks do not crush with caterpillars like in films about the Second World War. According to some reports, the Germans ran it in the Donbass, there is a selection on YouTube for anyone interested

[Insurgent]

Quote: Vadim_888

According to some reports, the Germans ran it in the Donbass, there is a selection on YouTube for anyone interested

It is more stupid than rubbing this nonsense to a visitor from the DPR, and even such that he is aware of a lot of events - it is simply difficult to imagine.

YouTube still has a selection of how "bravi warriors"hundreds of plywood and cardboard" Armats "are being burned ...

[Vadim_888]

... It is more stupid than rubbing this nonsense to a visitor from the DPR, and even such that he is aware of a lot of events - it is simply difficult to imagine.

https://m.tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/content/201504261713-z1ft.htm?utm_source=tvzvezda&utm_medium=longpage&utm_campaign=longpage&utm_term=v1

The video from the Ukrainian side has been deleted, if I can find it, I will reset it

[hydrox]

So the Carpathians were cut down - a lot of plywood and cardboard appeared, from which a tank cannot be made, but a model - please! So they train their Javelin operators on these models ...
But how well and cheaply the fighting spirit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is maintained!

[Lord of the Sith]

Well, you are a drug addict, vadim))
Tell me, a native of Donbass, more snotty bedtime stories))

[ZEMCH]

Quote: Vadim_888

According to some reports, the Germans ran it in the Donbass, there is a selection on YouTube for anyone interested

Damn, I sometimes read comments on VO))) What do you use, there is a lot of things on YouTube in general, do not look everything on the Internet, you will be healthier

[Vadim_888]

Sorry, I made a mistake in the phrase,

.
According to some reports, the Germans ran it in the Donbass,

INFA was about running 2A7

[Bad_gr]

Quote: Insurgent

Was it they who spurred (piled) belay on another TANK instead of a tower?

This is how the shadows fall that the tower seems to be the full length of the tank. If the picture is enlarged, then it is seen that the tower is standard

[Bad_gr]

Leopard 2A7V

Leopard-2SG
(photo from 23.02.2019 http://bastion-karpenko.ru/leopard-2a7/ VTS "BASTION" AVKarpenko)

Leopard 2A7

Find differences in tower dimensions.

[Lord]

Can you please tell the tankers and in the West and in the United States, on principle, do not use an automatic loader?

[yehat2]

the leclerk has a machine gun.
just when building a heavy tank, it is usually easier to find a place for the loader
and therefore you don't have to worry about upgrading the automatic loader for lengthening sub-calibers.

[Lord]

but what about the rate of fire

[yehat2]

the first 3-4 shots, the loader does not lag behind and may even be faster
but with the growth of calibers, the loader can be removed - now the mass of the projectile is at the limit

[Blackmokona]

And the extra crew member is very useful in the operation of the tank. A pair of working hands.

[Quadro]

Quote: BlackMokona

And the extra crew member is very useful in the operation of the tank. A pair of working hands.

Well, yes, and also ours is not the last century, when the population was large. The indigenous population is dying out, is there any point in making more crews? A pair of extra hands is certainly good, but only this pair of extra hands could be trained for a more valuable role in the crew for another tank. And 3-4 shots with a high rate of fire there is generally laughter, are they there on the Kursk Bulge, or what, tanks live for 10 minutes? But this is already a rhetorical question.

[Blackmokona]

So he rode out, fired and rolled away. Nobody goes out for long shooting now

[Lord]

So that's why such a tower could turn around?

[Vadim_888]

... Can you please tell the tankers and in the West and in the USA, on principle, do not use an automatic loader?

They have separate storage of ammunition to avoid detonation, it cannot be removed from there automatically, for this with handles ...

[yehat2]

such machines are used by the Germans in artillery
so the problem is not with the machine

[orionvitt]

Quote: Vadim_888

They have separate storage of ammunition to avoid detonation

What is it like? In different tanks or what? Propelling charges in one, and shells in the other? What nafig separate storage, if it's all the same, all the ammunition in one tank, if it breaks out, then all at once. In addition, there are many videos (the same Turkish "Leopards" in Syria), where you can clearly see how they, with their "separate storage", perfectly burn out and detonate.

[Vadim_888]

... What is it like? In different tanks or what?

https://youtu.be/Rab8cxw1YfM
The process of loading shells into a leopard, looks for yourself

[Bad_gr]

Quote: Vadim_888

They have separate storage of ammunition to avoid detonation, it cannot be removed from there automatically, for this with handles ...

The Leopard has part of the ammunition in the turret, and part (27 rounds) in the hull, to the left of the driver.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Here's a hefty tower!
Germans know how to make tanks. Not worse than ours, but more expensive.

[Pereira]

If the chassis of this tank is damaged, the turret will unfasten, release its legs and run away.

[tralflot1832]

I only have Lepard on the Autobahn, and where is he in the field? Tank is not Formula 1. A friend of the tanker has always said only one worthy opponent is Lepard.

[alpamys]

Quote: tralflot1832

I only have Lepard on the Autobahn, and where is he in the field? Tank is not Formula 1. A friend of the tanker has always said only one worthy opponent is Lepard.

go to YouTube and you will see where they ride in grchzi

[tralflot1832]

Yes, I know that all tanks are not afraid of dirt, I want to show objectively enemy equipment on VO.

[alpamys]

Quote: tralflot1832

Yes, I know that all tanks are not afraid of dirt, I want to show objectively enemy equipment on VO.

and what is it enemy, with the Germans fought chtoli?

[tralflot1832]

I did not fight, thank God, although at 81 83 I served in the GSVG. My grandfathers fought, the German soldier is dangerous for his pedantry. I have it at the genetic level. And you.

[alpamys]

Quote: tralflot1832

I did not fight, thank God, although at 81 83 I served in the GSVG. My grandfathers fought, the German soldier is dangerous for his pedantry. I have it at the genetic level. And you.

and I am German, I live in Germany and do not see the Russians as enemies of the Germans, although the media looks the other way around.
about pedantry correctly noticed .. himself such, in the blood it.

[tralflot1832]

I took an example from you, I'm never late. Hamburg Reeperbahn is a Russian street after 20 oo. My personal impression.

[Quadro]

Quote: tralflot1832

I did not fight, thank God, although at 81 83 I served in the GSVG. My grandfathers fought, the German soldier is dangerous for his pedantry. I have it at the genetic level. And you.

Oh, don't talk about this German "pedantry", a stereotype from the category of drunken Russians with a balalaika. During the Second World War, these "pedantic" even elementary documents were not filled out or sent, and sometimes even lost. They especially liked to fill out documents about losses poorly. But ours, on the contrary, recorded who even suffered from combat diarrhea. Once upon a time it is not necessary. And looking at the Bundeswehr you cannot say that they are pedantic.

[voyaka uh]

Interestingly, the Germans consulted with the Turks? Does not look like...
The Turks, following the battles with the Kurds and ISIS, increased the booking of their Leopards.
After analyzing the places of penetration by ATGMs, added armor, changed the packing of shells
in the front.

[carstorm 11]

how can you increase the armor of the side and stern so that the hits of ATGMs can be leveled?) it looks more like they are in the army in this way the crews are trying to calm down. there, everyone constantly makes the same mistake - crazy use. if my memory serves me, then at least 5 leo and 4 were struck extremely competently by anti-tank systems in the lateral projection. the attacks were organized with knowledge of the matter without a chance for the Turks. Judging by the place where they were knocked out, it was also the city buildings that were apparently not cleaned out.

[voyaka uh]

There was a detailed article on VO about this. The sides of the tower and hulls have been reinforced
adding about 5 more tons of armor. With tests. Shelling from ATGM
to these places.
The Turks have recently been working on mistakes quickly and to the point.
And not for show.
As much as I do not like Erdogan, I like R&D among the Turks.
Engineers, technicians are young, boys under 30. Everything is fast and enthusiastic.
What new UAVs they have in development!

[carstorm 11]

maybe all the same, the DZ and the screens were installed and not the armor was strengthened?)))

[yehat2]

you just threw in 5 tons?
R&D is really going on with the Turks, but it is limited mainly at the level of lego and rearrangement.
They don't really do something of their own there.
An example of this is Altai, which was never brought to mind.

[voyaka uh]

Altai will be brought to a decent level, I have no doubt.
It is not at all a shame to buy diesel from Koreans, but a reasonable decision.
And they will make a 4+ generation fighter. It can be seen that R&D is on the rise,
engineers work hard with pleasure.

[yehat2]

somehow too often their pleasure flashes among the neighbors-aggressors
Georgian armored cars, Azerbaijan, anarchists in Syria - all with Turkish weapons, and heavy ones.
In Libya, the Turks also managed to check in. Somehow a bit too much dirt on what is so joyfully created.
Hopefully the Turks will not get some effective short- to medium-range missile. Then hell will begin.

[voyaka uh]

Alas, it will work out. She is already in the testing stage.

[Gunther]

"The firing range is 1600 meters, ......"
maybe at least 4500 meters?
and dizan, yes, cool
maybe this is a joke of humor?

[Blacksmith 55]

I think a mistake has crept in here, 1600 meters?

[garri-lin]

This is the range of effective fire, I guess.

[hagen]

Quote: garri-lin

This is the range of effective fire, I guess.

Most likely, the range of a direct shot at the target is probably 2,7 m. And the gun there is not Rheinmetall L / 5 but L / 55.

[yehat2]

no, they just put a mortar instead of the gun)))

[krops777]

The Bundeswehr has successfully tested a new version of the Leopard tank

What is this comfortable tank bus?

[iouris]

Well, Happy Tanker's Day!

[Daniil Konovalenko]

Well, Happy Tanker's Day!

[Insurgent]

Quote: iouris

Well, Happy Tanker's Day!

In this case, in the context of the article - German.

[g1washntwn]

Welcome to tank biathlon. Yes? Not? So what?

[Insurgent]

Quote: g1washntwn

Welcome to tank biathlon. Yes? Not? So what?

Renome can be spoiled ...

[apro]

Quote: Insurgent

Renome can be spoiled ...

What? The Germans are already the first in NATO competitions.

[Insurgent]

Quote: apro

What? The Germans are already the first in NATO competitions.

So the NATO members ... And in Alabino you can suddenly find yourself the best among the worst, the best on the wrong side ...

[apro]

Quote: Insurgent

Quote: apro

What? The Germans are already the first in NATO competitions.

So the NATO members... And in Alabino you can suddenly find yourself the best among the worst...

Yes ... everyone plays by their own rules.

[Insurgent]

Quote: apro

Yes ... everyone plays by their own rules.

? At the "Tank Biathlon" in Alabino the rules are the same for everyone, which is accepted without complaint by all participants, including the Chinese, who traditionally perform on their model of the tank ...

[g1washntwn]

The tank challenge is performed by elements, and in the tank biathlon the express complex is also performed at speed. The Germans like: driving - separately, shooting - separately, lunch break, overcoming obstacles, afternoon tea, platoon action, retreat. All on the shelves, all one after the other, gently breathing into the engine compartment of the command tank in front.
Now, if the American fleets all at once arranged a racing round the world without entering the ports, it would be possible to see how their admirals at the finish line distribute victorious clicks to each other.

[Redfox3k]

Yes, this shed still has to manage to miss. Ours are following the path of reducing the dimensions of the tower in particular, making it completely uninhabited, and the tank as a whole, and the west - on the contrary ... further - more.

[Gunther]

Quote: Vlastor

Can you please tell the tankers and in the West and in the United States, on principle, do not use an automatic loader?

This is so that the enemy could not use the equipment abandoned in a hurry - the Teutons and Naglo-Saxons are plump people, pumped up by steroids and small Chinese, for example, they cannot master such a "machine".
We thought of everything

[Alien From]

How do you like a resource of 10000, will this MBT plot?

[carstorm 11]

Assigned resource T 90 C before sending for overhaul, thousand km 11

[svp67]

The Germans were always touched by this craving for comfort ... Driving on concrete roads in a tank is certainly cool, but this is not why it is made an all-terrain vehicle.

[Vadim_888]

I will disappoint you, it has a very decent cross-country ability

[svp67]

Quote: Vadim_888

I will disappoint you, it has a very decent cross-country ability

I will upset you even more, he has it worse than our T-90, and even more so the T-80

[Vadim_888]

.
I will upset you even more, he has it worse than our T-90, and even more so the T-80

https://youtu.be/zLPYR5sfRgQ
http://www.youtube.com/shorts/3rWRcW1ahi0
https://youtu.be/MT4eM7wwETE
Underestimating the enemy is a direct path to defeat

[svp67]

Quote: Vadim_888

Underestimating the enemy is a direct path to defeat

Quote: Vadim_888

https://youtu.be/zLPYR5sfRgQ

Do you know what kind of tank it is? This is not a T-90 and certainly not a T-80, this is a Polish "Tvyardy" with an 840 hp engine and a track with sequential engagement

Every tank can get stuck, including the Leopard, admire ...

But all this does not negate the fact that our tanks have lower ground pressure and weight than the German

[Vadim_888]

I took the first video from YouTube, any tanks got stuck there, for example, after the rain in the Kuban in Soviet times, the tanks were pulled from the landfills with wheeled tractors, it's just outrageous to say that the enemy's tank will sink into a puddle, a rare stupidity, that's why I added links

[svp67]

Quote: Vadim_888

in Soviet times, tanks were pulled from landfills by wheeled tractors,

Forgive me, but I have served in the tank forces enough that it would not be enough to believe it, even "Kirovts" will not be able to do this ...

Quote: Vadim_888

it's just outrageous to say that the enemy's tank will drown in a puddle; rare stupidity

So why are you saying this? Are you demonstrating your stupidity?
Personally, I said that our tanks have better cross-country ability. Do you understand the meaning?

[Quadro]

Quote: Vadim_888

I will disappoint you, it has a very decent cross-country ability

You have obvious problems with physics. A tank weighing under 70 tons, without some super-duper wide tracks (they are the most common ones) and has a decent cross-country ability? Specific ground pressure, comrade. And the Germans have not yet invented anti-gravity.

[Jacket in stock]

And yesterday we read here that the tanks are all. Deprecated as a class.
And that's what it is.
The Germans don't even know.

[wow]

Tigers 1-2, Panthers were burning with candles! Has it really not reached our "partners" that this is a waste of money? Not to mention those who will "sit" in them!

[Vadim_888]

... Tigers 1-2, Panthers were burning with candles!

They had gasoline engines, so they burned

[apro]

The urapatriots burst through ... and I remember how yesterday ... I'm flying ... it's me flying ...
The Germans created their own mbt for their own needs. For their own tasks. Is he good or bad? The Germans know better .. if they build and modernize.

[unaha]

Well, everyone is trying to send them to Siberia. And judging by the highway, they are not going there at all.

[apro]

Quote: unaha

Well, right there, everyone tries to send them to Siberia

They need it ???

[unaha]

Apparently - no)

[Forest]

Technique of certified fuel and losing the warranty when using another.

[Svetlana]

The Bundeswehr has successfully tested a new version of the Leopard tank.
..
This is just the first rollout. Therefore, only asphalt and only in a circle. In short, it is still not clear whether it is successful or not. Surely there will be some problems, but only the developers will know about them.

[Ros 56]

He must be driven head over heels into gullies and mud, and they rolled on the asphalt, well, well.

[Insurgent]

Quote: Ros 56

He needs to be driven head over heels into gullies and mud, and they rolled on the asphalt

What if it gets dirty? Or (Oh horror! ) will drag lumps of mud-swamp on the thicket? Not environmentally friendly, not according to European norms and standards ...

[Vadim_888]

... What if it gets dirty? Or (O horror! Belay) drag lumps of swamp-mud on the thickets? Not environmentally friendly, not according to European norms and standards ...

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/3rWRcW1ahi0

Then he was superbly stained, but he was not afraid

[Tuzik]

As you know, the Leopard 2A7V is a modernized version of the Leopard 2A6, which was not so long ago considered one of the best main battle tanks in the world and competed with the American M1A2 Abrams, British Challenger 2 and French Leclerc.

and who are the judges?

[NF68]

The tank is armed with a 120mm Rheinmetall L / 5 cannon capable of firing the latest DM53 Rheinmetall DM53 - Tracer (APFSDS-T) armor-piercing projectile.

Rheinmetall L 55A1 should be installed there.

[Grigory_45]

Quote: NF68

Rheinmetall L 55A1 should be installed there

it is she - L55A1 - on the Leopard 2A7V and is)

[NF68]

Quote: Gregory_45

it is she - L55A1 - on the Leopard 2A7V and is)

And the article says "The tank is armed with a 120mm Rheinmetall L / 5 cannon,"

[Voyager]

Took Mouse and put it under the press, it turned out a new Leopard

[mark2]

The tank's tower is notable. Upon departure, a dozen more infantrymen will cover

[Ax Matt]

but the trouble is, neither their nor the Abromsov towers fly. In a different way, everything happens when the BC is blown up.

[Lord of the Sith]

This is a barn))
Just a grenade launcher's dream.

[Baron pardus]

And you get close to him at a distance of a shot from an RPG. New ammunition for RPGs, although they became more powerful, lost both in range and in speed. It is behind the keys that you are so brave, but in real life everything is much more difficult.

[Ax Matt]

Precisely "1600 m" shot range?
Not a little? Strange ...

[Ax Matt]

My question is: what the hell is their fucking lure? How is this justified? The coverage is interesting, like that of the "secret" Belarusian BRM, which is so stealthy that no one else has seen it after the premiere.

[Dzafdet]

Clearly, running fast on the asphalt. and in the mud? Let's fire it with a Cornet and test its armor?

[kombat1976]

Let's. Where do they sell tickets, popcorn?

[Dzafdet]

Quote: Baron Pardus

And you get close to him at a distance of a shot from an RPG. New ammunition for RPGs, although they became more powerful, lost both in range and in speed. It is behind the keys that you are so brave, but in real life everything is much more difficult.

The Americans quietly increased the firing range of the RPG-7 analogue to 1000 meters. What's stopping us?

[kombat1976]

It's good that they've shown it now. Just in case, I will remember that this tank can be taken with a rail tucked in when turning the turret between the hull and the turret. The rail, I think, will withstand.

[serezhasoldatow]

Have you experienced? On the highway? Bravo!!!

[dmitriygorshkov]

Quote: "The range is 1600 meters." Seriously? Where does the reprint come from? From Murzilka?

[Dzafdet]

Quote: kombat1976

Let's. Where do they sell tickets, popcorn?

So you know where, in Syria. wait. when the Turks attack them and test ...