Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank 1979–98

Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank 1979–98 cover

Description

In 1963 West Germany and the United States signed an agreement to develop the best tank in the world - the MBT/KPz-70. Though by 1970 this project was stopped, West Germany used the components created for the MBT/KPz-70 to develop a new main battle tank - the Leopard 2. Since 1979, when the first Leopard 2 rolled off the production line, the Leopard 2 has undergone various modifications, and has been exported to various European countries. Enhanced by Osprey's signature colour plates and cutaway artwork, this book examines the development of the Leopard 2 from the first batch to its evolution into the improved Leopard 2 A5, detailing its features and variants.

Table of Contents

Design and Development · The Leopard 2 AV · Series Production · Inside the Leopard 2A4 · The Improved Leopard 2 · The Leopard 2 in Foreign Service · Swedish Leopard 2

Product details

Published Apr 15 1998
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781855326910
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 51 b/w; 12 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 24
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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