As I turn 41 again for the 20th time, I thought I'd leave you with some news before we're off to Savannah for a couple of days with our masks in hand.
As will happen I occasion, I'll be going backwards to start before picking up where I left off in my last "
NEWS" post.
BRAZIL: Well if Turkey can do it so can Brazil, however theirs will be more of an extensive upgrade then Turkeys.
LEOPARD 1A5BR fleet to get various upgrades for all
220 tanks.
ACTIONABLE
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...ard-1a5br-mbts
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...tail&FORM=VIRE
GERMANY: Old but relevant news. Expansion.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/dece...battalion.html
G1: The
LEOPARD 2A6 contribution to the fielding of the
LEOPARD 2A7V. This I brought up in my last post. The ref is also indicating the first delivered batch of the
2A7V was to have been handed over by
late 2019. Also apparently they are now going to have
329 2A7V tanks vice the original order of
225. Just became
ACTIONABLE.
G2. The first
LEOPARD 2A6MA2 was turned over in April 2018 as dated in the below ref.
ACTIONABLE
https://www.army-technology.com/news...-battle-tanks/
http://tank-masters.de/?page_id=6790
G3: This next deals with
DENMARK receiving
44 LEOPARD 2A7 tanks
by 2022. This also "
bleeds over" to the
2A7V, in that the ref offers more supporting data to the upgrade of this model. Based on the current data I hold to this point,
I see no reason why we can't just copy the current GERMAN 2A7 over to DENMARKS OOB.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/octo...ttle_tank.html
https://www.armyrecognition.com/germ...res_video.html
GERMANY/HUNGRY and QATAR: This
doesn't apply to GERMANY, they went the route of the
2A7 and
now the 2A7V as noted above. I also provide the following additional info for this section only...
http://tank-masters.de/?page_id=264
http://tank-masters.de/?page_id=280
What
HUNGRY (Will get)/
QATAR (Have already) is the "
watered down" version, the "
giveaway" for me was the following from the first ref...
"The gunner’s station is fitted with an
EMES 15 stabilized main sight and a
FERO Z18 auxiliary sighting telescope." Germany is beyond that with
ATTICA and I believe,
SRATUS being the newest
FCS which the Germans use.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/dece...o_hungary.html
https://www.armyrecognition.com/sept...d_2a7_mbt.html
https://www.armyrecognition.com/germ...htmlACTIONABLE TRACK W/SIPRI.
I need some sleep!!
Take Care!
Regards,
Pat
