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In 1963 West Germany and the United States signed an agreement to develop the best tank in the world the MBT/KPz-70. Though by 1970 this project was stopped, West Germany used the components created for the MBT/KPz-70 to develop a new main battle tank the Leopard 2. Since 1979, when the first Leopard 2 rolled off the production line, the Leopard 2 has undergone various modifications, and has been exported to various European countries. Enhanced by Osprey's signature colour plates and cutaway artwork, this book examines the development of the Leopard 2 from the first batch to its evolution into the improved Leopard 2 A5, detailing its features and variants.

Table of Contents
Design and Development · The Leopard 2 AV · Series Production · Inside the Leopard 2A4 · The Improved Leopard 2 · The Leopard 2 in Foreign Service · Swedish Leopard 2

Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank 1979–98

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 15 April 1998
      ISBN-13 9781855326910
      978-1855326910
      ISBN-10 1855326914
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      Land forces and warfare Military vehicles

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1963 West Germany and the United States signed an agreement to develop the best tank in the world the MBT/KPz-70. Though by 1970 this project was stopped, West Germany used the components created for the MBT/KPz-70 to develop a new main battle tank the Leopard 2. Since 1979, when the first Leopard 2 rolled off the production line, the Leopard 2 has undergone various modifications, and has been exported to various European countries. Enhanced by Osprey's signature colour plates and cutaway artwork, this book examines the development of the Leopard 2 from the first batch to its evolution into the improved Leopard 2 A5, detailing its features and variants.

      Table of Contents
      Design and Development · The Leopard 2 AV · Series Production · Inside the Leopard 2A4 · The Improved Leopard 2 · The Leopard 2 in Foreign Service · Swedish Leopard 2

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