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 ...

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 ...

Germany has added a number of Gepard, otherwise known as "Cheetah," anti-aircraft tanks to the military aid destined for Kyiv, after sanctioning the delivery of both Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 tanks to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since being introduced into service with the West German military in 1979, the Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT) has earned significant praise as one of the best in the world. As the successor to the ...

Netherlands' State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman speaks during a contract signing for new Leopard battle tanks in Amersfoort on May 14, 2025. (Vincent Jannink/ANP/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — ...

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 ...

Also, according to the head of the German Ministry of Defense Boris Pistorius, Kyiv will be supplied with one battalion of Leopard 2A4 BRUSSELS, February 15. /TASS/. German Defense Minister Boris ...