Tank leopard 2

[dutchcollector]

pictures leo 2

[the dutch egg]

looks like there slipped a leo 1 in there... the second is a leo 1.

But good idea to start a theat about the best tank in world

[Niels]

It's a bit unnecessary to make all these seperate threads, not to mention they're in the wrong section. Post them here where they belong.

[dutchcollector]

sorry, the second one is from the neighbors it a belgium leo 1

[The Dane]

Danish Leopard 2A5DK.













Live fire excercise in Denmark.

[dersammler]

where are these leo's?

[umutferhat]

I have never seen such camos for a tank?They are like a cloth...it seems they are in afgh.

[dersammler]

camouflage netting

[The Dane]

Yeah Helmand.
The camo is SAAB Barracuda.

MCS is designed to protect armored vehicles during movement and in combat. The system utilizes different materials, for camouflage in the visual/near Infrared, thermal, and radar wavebands. Further enhancement of the system includes the application of heat transfer reduction materials, to conceal the heating of the vehicle by solar radiation.
The general approach of the MCS is to hide glossy or flat surfaces into non-glossy 3 dimensional surface structures, with color and near infrared values similar to the environmental condition of the region. Significantly recognizable parts of the vehicle, such as turret shapes and gun will also be concealed with contour disrupters. An ideal camouflage will also obstruct laser reflections to affect the enemy's range measurement accuracy. The thermal and radar camouflage contributes to the elimination thermal or radar locking of heat seeking missiles and obstruct and disrupt target detection and tracking by ground or aerial weapons. Radar camouflage will also eliminate the detection by synthetic aperture radar.

http://www.defense-update.com/produc...-barracuda.htm

Also lowers the sun's effect on the interior.
Less work for the aircon.

[Rynnäkkökivääri]

Looks pretty effective. Better than plain painted camo.

[dutchcollector]

nice pics have you some more pictures without desertcamo

[The Dane]

Here's some.

[Silent Reader]

I just read in the Bundeswehrplan 2009 that 50 German Leopard 2 will be updated for operations in an urban environment. Does this mean that Germany gets the PSO variant?

[Herman the II]

I just read in the Bundeswehrplan 2009 that 50 German Leopard 2 will be updated for operations in an urban environment. Does this mean that Germany gets the PSO variant?

Yes, and additionally more Leopards will be upgraded to 2A6M standard.

[dutchcollector]

i read a article that around 1000 ex Bundeswehr leopard 2 going being sold to Turkey