Comments on: German Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank

By: R Rice

R Rice — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:44:53 +0000

You’ve got to look at many factors to decide this one. NUMBERS is a HUGE ISSUE. The argu-
ment about quantity is important when large geographic areas are at play. The US decision to
go to the Abrams design was smart BUT the choice of a Turbine GAS HOG (with accompany-
ing Heat Signature) was not- a 40+ mph (and reliable sources say MUCH Faster) Tank is a
Questionable decsion- 3 gallons per mile!!! We must also consider COST. I’m seeing/hearing
$4+ million per copy for an Abrams- I have no info on Maintenance. With vastly inferior num-
bers, even with German Leo 2′s, we would be Extremely hard-pressed to confront the vast
Russian #’s. Don’t forget, each Abrams and Leo 2 only carries a limited ammo load, and I
doubt the Russians will fight as poorly and deploy as poorly as the Iraqi Army. Just like Hitler,
if you rely on a “Super Weapon” you will lose! You would think that as we’ve worked to im-
prove our weapons systems we would also work to reduce costs AND to simplify design while
also improving reliability- I think FUEL CONSUMPTION falls in there somewhere.

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:55:41 +0000

BIG DADDY, that may have been true of the M1-A1, not true of the A2. The M1-A2 possesses very sophisticated command & control systems for coordinating live fire scenarios. There is still no better Tank than the M1-A2, the advantage goes to the American MBT designers simply due to the extensive number of battle fighting hours their machine has encountered. Testing is important, but live fire is where it counts./

By: Lonelylesbian

Lonelylesbian — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:29:26 +0000

Tanks are useless in the mountains.

Goat herders – 1
MBT – 0

By: cameron

cameron — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:30:21 +0000

Who ever wrote this article is an idiot. the companies in Germany design and manufacture many American armor. The 120mm gun of the Abrams and modular replacement parts is from the designs of the leopard and similar tanks. If any one is knowledgeable at all about warfare, they would know Germany arguably makes the best military weapons.

By: Connelly Bale

Connelly Bale — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:10:40 +0000

I think the germans will rise up again in the near future.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:58:12 +0000

“Afghani Goat Herders”

these articles are made for retards, correct me if im wrong but 9 years have passed since the invasion of afghanistan and these “goat herders” are still alive and running free throw the hills of afghanistan killing nato troops

By: PR Dev Journal.

PR Dev Journal. — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:25:44 +0000

[...] They both took the existing design they had come up with and then went their own directions. http://www.futurefirepower.com/germa…in-battle-tank Reply With Quote + Reply to [...]

By: Me

Me — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:04:03 +0000

I never saw any Leapords II…
Which Canadian tank devision got them?
And It bothers me when people say they can preform against farmers etc..
Look at chinese and Russian Technology…
If there was a conflict, one on one, The western Tanks would win, without a doubt…
But look at world war II
Althought the Germans had superior tanks, the US overwhelmed them with the larger amount of Shermans….
In a real life senario, western tanks would be more like the tigers, and the evil communist tanks would be like the shermans…
Non the less, the west would previal, most chinese and Russian technology is out dated… Cold war era crap, nothing worth sweating over…
Look at how the Challenger II, M1 Abrahms and Lepord II’s armour is constructed, its not a fair fight…

By: Russian Tank Forces - T90 Technology

Russian Tank Forces - T90 Technology — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:09:43 +0000

[...] superior German Tigers. Technical sophistacation found with the likes of Western MBTs such as the German Leopard, French Leclerc, British Challenger 2, and the American Abrams M1, are expensive and [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:53:07 +0000

it not leopard 2, its Leopard 2 A6!!!

By: BigDaddy

BigDaddy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:06:42 +0000

I know that the LeClerc is meant to have very good computer networking technology that allows great communication between tanks – both voice and data. Unlike the M1-A1, that had to have networking added after the fact, the LeClerc was built with this in mind. Keep in mind that of all the Western tanks, the LeClerc is the newest design and benefits from that.

By: domagoj croat

domagoj croat — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:52:26 +0000

cen someone tell me cen onboard computers on a leopard2 and leclerc cen link together to excange batelfield informacion and doas exsist some form of sistem of shering to t-84 this is croatian mbt,cen that be posible to form combaind unit,combaind operation. for me leopard and leclerc are Kings of mbt