Leopard 2A5

Main battle tank, Germany. In service since 1995

How to recognise it

Leopard 2 with the wedge-shaped 'arrowhead' armour on the turret front but still the shorter L44 gun (the 2A6 has the long L55).

Also known as

Leopard 2A5, Leopard 2A5DK, Leopard 2 A5

Used by

Poland and others; Denmark and Germany have upgraded theirs to 2A6/2A7

Same family

Naming one of these instead still scores family points.

• Leopard 2A7
• Leopard 2A4
• Leopard 2A6

Other tanks

• Altay
• C1 Ariete
• Challenger 2
• Challenger 3
• K2 Black Panther
• Leclerc
• Leopard 1A5
• M1A1 Abrams
• M1A2 Abrams
• M60 Patton
• Merkava Mk 3
• Merkava Mk 4

All 30 tanks

Sources

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• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard 2