Leopard 2A6

Main battle tank, Germany. In service since 2001

How to recognise it

Seven road wheels, wedge-shaped add-on armour on the turret front and a long L55 120 mm gun.

Used by

Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Canada, Finland, Ukraine

Same family

Naming one of these instead still scores family points.

• Leopard 2A7
• Leopard 2A4
• Leopard 2A5

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