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1/35 SCALE MILITARY MODEL KITS
Dutch Leopard 2 A5/A6NL MBT
The successor to the
Leopard 1, the Leopard 2, was first produced in 1979. A variety of
upgrade programs and options are available for the Leopard 2. These
include the Atlas Elektronik Vehicle Integrated Command and Information
System (IFIS), a digital command and information system. The Leopard 2
has had technical improvements under Upgrading Level I and Level II
programs. A new smoothbore gun, the 120 millimetre L55 Gun, has been
developed by Rheinmetall GmbH of Ratingen, Germany to replace the
shorter 120 millimetre L44 smoothbore tankgun on the Leopard 2. It
permits effective use of a new APFSDS-T round, DM53 (LKE II), with a
longer rod penetrator, and which is under development.
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