Leopard 2

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West German Leopard 2 main battle tank, with a 120-millimetre gun. Smoke dischargers are fitted onto the side of the turret for concealment.

Leopard 2

German tank

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…dispatch more than a dozen Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Perhaps more significantly, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz approved the transfer of Leopards to Ukraine from other European countries (as the manufacturer of the tank, Germany held veto power over its reexport). A flurry of countries responded by pledging Leopards to…
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…dispatch more than a dozen Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Perhaps more significantly, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz approved the transfer of Leopards to Ukraine from other European countries (as the manufacturer of the tank, Germany held veto power over its reexport). A flurry of countries responded by pledging Leopards to…
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