Leopard 2

Leopard 2

 

The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank of the third post-war generation with four-member crew. Conventional design executed with rear engine, it was the concept of combined arms battle anti-tank in conjunction with the armored Marder designed. He is the principal weapon system of armored troops of the Armed Forces and foreign users States. It consists of a tank with an attached self-supporting tower with a 120-mm smoothbore gun as the main armament, a smoke grenade , and two machine guns of various types depending on the user state as secondary armament. The fire control system of the tower allows the gunner , in stance as well as from the trip with stationary or moving targets to cause the fire fight.

Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	West Germany
Service history
In service	1979-present
Used by	See Operators
Wars	Kosovo War, War in Afghanistan
Production history
Designer	Krauss-Maffei
Designed	1970s
Manufacturer	Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Maschinenbau Kiel
Unit cost	2A6: US$5.74 million (2007)
Produced	1979-present
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Weight	2A6: 62.3 tonnes (61.3 long tons; 68.7 short tons)
Length	2A6: 9.97 m (393 in) (gun forward)
Width	2A6: 3.75 m (148 in)
Height	2A6: 3.0 m (120 in)
Crew	4
Armour	2A6: 3rd generation composite; including high-hardness steel, tungsten and plastic filler with ceramic component.
Main armament	1 x 120 mm Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun 42 rounds
Secondary armament	2 x 7.62 mm MG3A1 4,750 rounds
Engine	MTU MB 873 Ka-501 liquid-cooled V-12 Twin-turbo diesel engine 1,500 PS (1,479 hp, 1,103 kW) at 2,600 rpm
Power/weight	24.1 PS/t (17.7 kW/t)
Transmission	Renk HSWL 354
Suspension	Torsion-bar suspension
Fuel capacity	1,200 liters(317 US gallons; 264 imp. gal)
Operational range	550 km (340 mi) (internal fuel)
Speed	72 km/h (45 mph)