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information Figure: German Leopard 2A7 + tank

Editor’s Note: German tanks to Saudi exports caused by the storm, so that the outside world in the sights of the German military industry. Indeed, the German production of tanks, warships, submarines and other main equipment in the international arms market has already established a competitive position, Germany has become a veritable arms export power.

Saudi Arabia in order to meet the requirements of these new tank configuration is called “top plus high-end”

reporter/Weidong Xu

as the German defense industry’s “quality products”, “Leopard” tanks so far have been equipped with a number of national army, is a typical “international chariot.” According to the British “Jane’s Defense Weekly” reported that Saudi Arabia, the purchase of the “Leopard”-2A7 + main battle tank “Leopard” type of family the most advanced models.

has become “an international car”

“Leopard” -2 tank about 8 meters, nearly 3 meters high and weighs about 62 tons, 4 cars from the control group members, the largest travel 470 km, the maximum speed of 70 km, equipped with a 120-mm L55 smoothbore gun and the two-type 7.62 mm machine gun. As the performance of advanced technology is mature, “Leopard” -2 sales have been good, except Germany and Saudi Arabia have been purchased under a single, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Poland, Turkey and other countries are also equipped with the tank.

the battlefield in Afghanistan, Canadian and Dutch forces were equipped with main battle tanks has made impressive record. December 2006 deployment of the “Leopard” -2, the Canadian Army tank units participated in virtually all major military operations. Especially from the beginning in March 2007, the “Leopard” -2 is often accompanied by Canadian troops and Afghan government forces and Taliban militants close combat infantry. And the Canadian Forces, as Dutch troops also very loved, “Leopard” -2 tanks, especially its main gun firing accuracy greatly praised, that kind of precision firepower to reduce civilian casualties. In Asia, Turkey is also a “Leopard” -2 tanks loyal “fans.” The Singapore Army is also equipped for the urban battlefield, the “Leopard”-2A4 tanks. Visible, due to advanced and have a greater overall performance improvements, upgrades, “Leopard” -2 tanks has become a truly “international chariot.”

settled in Saudi Arabia the most advanced models

as adequate funding for national defense, Saudi Arabia has a very high standard weapons purchased, the procurement of tanks is no exception.

According to “Jane’s Defense Weekly” reported that the Saudi purchase of the “Leopard”-2A7 + family of tanks with tanks is the latest model in 2010, has just completed shooting under high temperature and mobility tests. To meet customer needs, these “leopard”-2A7 + tank body, the installation of a passive and belly turret armor is also equipped with a short barrel design using the 120 mm L/44 smoothbore gun and FLW -200 type type remote control weapons station, and observation instruments in the new 360 ° surveillance cameras and support, can effectively develop a complex urban battlefield firepower. New tank is also equipped with the front of the blade can be in clearing obstructions, open for follow-on forces. It can be said, “Leopard”-2A7 + tank configuration is the “top plus high-end.”

taking into account the special circumstances of the Middle East, “Klaus – 玛菲魏格曼” company for “leopard”-2A7 + tank equipped with a new driver’s suspension seat and air conditioning systems, and resolve the previous series of tanks in the high-temperature environments encountered in a range of issues.

Clearly, the latest version of “Leopard”-2A7 + tanks, not only to the protection and the best combination of firepower, but also in the desert and urban battlefield environments such ease. Saudi army equipped with the latest “Leopard” -2 tank, its overall combat capability is expected to be improved significantly. View of the “Panther” tanks with the times of the great potential of its future export prospects will remain substantial.