David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. The disastrous assault across a Russian minefield also cost the 33rd and its partner unit, the 47th Assault Brigade, more than a dozen ...

The 55 ton Leopard 2A6 was introduced in 2006, is still the most commonly used model, and is a contemporary of the American M-1. The 2A6 model has a stabilizer (for firing on the move) and a thermal ...

A 47th Brigade Leopard 2A6 rolls past an M-2. Ukraine got just 21 long-gun Leopard 2A6 tanks from Germany, and assigned all of them to the army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, the unit leading Kyiv’s ...

Russia’s capture of a Leopard 2A6 matters less as a battlefield trophy and more as a rare chance to study one of the West’s ...

Finland has promised Leopard 2 mine-clearing tanks to Ukraine in Helsinki's latest round of military aid, joining several other countries in donating Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv. Finland's defense ...

Ukrainian troops praised the advanced Leopard 2A6 tank's night vision as an advantage over Russia. One said they use the tank as a "nocturnal predator," operating mostly at night and dawn. Another ...

This main battle tank is armed with a Rheinmetall 120 mm/L55 smoothbore gun. The same gun is used on the Leopard 2A6. It has better fire accuracy and longer range, comparing with the previous Leopard ...

What You Need to Know: A German-made Leopard 2A6 main battle tank (MBT) recently captured by Russian forces in Ukraine has been delivered to the Uralvagonzavod plant in Russia, where it will undergo ...

The 55 ton Leopard 2A6 was introduced in 2006, is still the most commonly used model, and is a contemporary of the American M-1. The 2A6 model has a stabilizer (for firing on the move) and a thermal ...