First trial tests for new German Army Leopard 2A7V Main Battle Tank MBT 1' Defense Breaking News

Name: First trial tests for new German Army Leopard 2A7V Main Battle Tank MBT 1' Defense Breaking News | Open Video
Uploaded: 2023-12-19T21:00:53+00:00
Duration: 2 min 47 s

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According to a video published on the YouTube account of the German army, the technical
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center of the Bundeswehr conducted the first tests of the new Leopard 2 A7V main battle
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tank, a modernized version of the Leopard 2 A6. The Leopard 2 A7V weighs around 60 tons
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It's powered by an MTU turbodiesel engine developing 1500 horsepower. It can reach 68 kilometers per hour with a maximum cruising range of 550 kilometers
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The design of the A7V is similar to the A7, keeping a crew of four
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The main armament consists of a Rheinmetall 120mm smoothbore gun able to fire the latest
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Rheinmetall armor-piecing ammunition that provides much better penetration characteristics. The fire control system of the A7V has been modified to program the DM11 high-explosive
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round which can be timed to explode for a maximum effect either above, in front or on
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a target. The hull of the A7V benefits from an enhanced mine protection and upper-class added modular armor
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The tank integrates a third-generation Artica thermal imaging unit for both commander's
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and gunner's sight, Spectre's multi-spectral driver's vision, new NBC and air conditioning
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systems and C4I systems to meet the requirements of networked operations. The Leopard 2 A7V is already in service with the Danish Army, which will receive a total
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of 44 of them by 2022. The German Army should have received 104 units by 2023
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Krauss-Maffei Wegmann will be responsible to retrofit older Leopard 2s to the A7V standard
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The first serial retrofitted Leopard 2 A7V tanks will be delivered to the German Army
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in 2021

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