With a purpose in mind, for now I'm only going to post this website before I continue with going through my
MBT Folder. This website was instrumental in my ability to see the
LEOPARD A27 UNIT 267 get into the game. It provided me with definitive "
proof of life" they existed to include the unit operating them and some
great pictures during an exercise.
It also shows the
LEOPARD's currently in service and others as prototypes. This includes and or mentions two that went
out of active service in
2004 and
2008 (Though 15 of each would continue in training operations up to
2018.) which of course would be the
LEOPARD 2A4/2A5 tanks.
I'm tracking the
LEOPARD 2A7V development currently. The first to be updated to the standard will be the
LEOPARD 2A7 as they can obviously be upgraded and fielded the fastest. The rest will come from a mix of mostly stored
LEOPARD 2A4 rounded out with some
LEOPARD 2A6 MBT's.
What's at issue is the modernization was to have started in
2019 running through
2023 for a total of
about or slightly less then 250 tanks.
I'm still searching for something more solid to verify this.
I'm going to contact the site owner to see if I can work out a "
little something" and see if he has anything more to offer concerning the
LEOPARD 2A7V.
Not like I haven't done it in the past, and as some know I have been mostly successful and managed to get the information requested. So a request to their
MOD won't be out of the question, I'll just have to gauge/evaluate the situation at the time.
http://tank-masters.de/?page_id=148
He has some great shots of the
STRYKER 30mm which I'll post under the main site.
http://tank-masters.de/?page_id=28
http://tank-masters.de/?cat=4
Stroll down to 21 FEB.
http://tank-masters.de/?page_id=810
I remember having issues trying to link back to this site quite awhile back and thought it a dead site. But while looking into the
LEOPARD 2A7/A7V a couple of nights back, there it was about 3 pages into my search. It made me a
very happy "researcher" knowing it's back in my "
tool box".
Regards,
Pat
