Over 100 Ukrainian service personnel have started training on Leopard 1 battle tanks this week, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told Spanish publication La Vanguardia. The delivery of 80 ...

What You Need to Know: Germany and Lithuania are bolstering their tank forces with the acquisition of the advanced Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks (MBTs). Lithuania plans to form a new tank battalion ...

FILE - Armin Papperger, from left, CEO of Rheinmetall, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defense, stand in a hall with Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks in Unterluess, ...

The German Leopard 2A8 is considered one of the absolute best main battle tanks in service today. Though a few Leopard 2s have been lost in the fighting in Ukraine, reports suggest the MBTs have stood ...

In 2002 Germany donated to Poland a a total of 128 Leopard 2A4 tanks from the German Army stocks. In 2013 German MoD signed a contract with Poland to sell another 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks, plus 105 newer ...

Ukraine has roundly rejected Russian claims about its military losses as it showcased what appears to be a fleet of battle-ready, German-made Leopard tanks as Kyiv's grinding counteroffensive ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German military has ordered 18 new Leopard 2 tanks to replace vehicles that were sent to Ukraine earlier this year, a leading defense company said Friday. Kraus-Maffei Wegmann said a ...

An older model than the already approved Leopard 2, the tanks will need refurbishment and could face ammunition shortages. By Erika Solomon BERLIN — Germany has agreed to allow the export of its ...

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David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. The Leopard 1s just keep coming. In the nine months since a German-Danish-Dutch consortium announced it would donate to Ukraine’s war ...

The first heavy tanks from Britain and Germany have arrived in Ukraine as the nation’s army prepares for a spring offensive against Russian forces. Ukrainian Defence Minister Olesksiy Reznikov tweeted ...

The struggle to deliver on promises to provide Leopard 2 tanks for use against Russian forces has exposed just how unprepared European militaries are. By Erika Solomon Steven Erlanger and Christopher ...