![]() ![]() The first four Leopard 2A4 tanks donated by Poland arrive in Ukraine on February 24, 2023. On March 4, 2023, citing information published by the German news magazine "Der Spiegel", German company Rheinmetall is ready to supply Ukraine with 50 Leopard 2A4 tanks. On February 3, 2023, Canada announced the delivery to Ukraine of the first Leopard 2A4 tank coming from its military inventory. Spain announced on February 3, 2023, a plan to supply up to six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine. On January 26, 2023, Canada announced the delivery to Ukraine of four Leopard 2A4 tanks coming from their military inventory. On December 19, 2022, the Slovak Ministry of Defense received the first Leopard 2A4 tank from Germany. On November 15, 2022, German company Rheinmetall announced the supply of Leopard 2A4 to Slovakia. On June 5, 2022, Spain announced the delivery of 40 Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine. ![]() Citing information published on May 20, 2002, the Czech Republic confirms the donation by Germany of Leopard 2A4 tanks in exchange for T-72 MBTs for Ukraine. The Leopard 2 is in service with Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, and Turkey, with a total of 3,200 vehicles. Six tanks were delivered in 1979, 100 in 1980, 220 in 1981, and by 1982 production was running at 300 a year. The first production Leopard 2 was handed over by Krauss-Maffei in October 1979 in Munich. The first preproduction Leopard 2 MBT was delivered to the German Army late in 1978 for training. In 1977, the German Army selected Krauss-Maffei as the prime contractor for the series production of the Leopard 2 and placed an order, with options, for 1,800 MBTs, 990 of which were to be built by Krauss-Maffei and the remaining 810 by Rheinmetall. The version Leopard 2A4 constitutes the basis of today’s Leopard family. The Leopard 2A4 is a German-made main battle tank designed and manufactured by the Company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the successor of the main battle tank Leopard 1. ![]()
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