![]() ![]() The shooter and carriage manager each have a view with stabilized sight lines. Armored projectiles and explosive grenades are used for the cannon, which can combat targets of up to 4,000 meters. The trolley is armed with a 12-centimeter cannon, two 7.62-millimeter machine guns and a smoke cabinet battery. The crew consists of four people: A driver in the driver's compartment of the chassis, as well as a wagon manager, a shooter and a charger up in the tower. The tank 122 has a turret that can be rotated 360 degrees and directed electrically. The tanks were given the name Strv 122 - the first the specimen was delivered to FMV in December 1996 for type control and in 2002 all Strv122 were delivered to the Armed Forces. The remaining 91 wagons licensed in Sweden - Bofors with responsibility for the turret and Hägglunds as responsible for chassis and final integration. The twenty-nine first new Leopard tanks were assembled in Germany. Once in Sweden, the wagons went through technical review, were painted in Swedish camouflage pattern and supplied with Swedish radio systems before they were subsequently put into use. ![]() The used tanks began to be delivered the same month and at the end of the year all 160 wagons were transferred. The CFE agreement from 1990 had limited how many tanks Germany could hold. In parallel, one was made agreement with the German state on August 12 on a very favorable "leasing" of excessive Leopard 2. At the same time, an "offset agreement" was concluded on counter purchase transactions at a contract value corresponding to the order. The contract also included the purchase of maintenance and education systems. The wagon has been named by the Discovery Channel to be the best heavy-duty tank of all time.Īfter a spring of final negotiation, a contract could be signed on Jwith Krauss-Maffei Wehrtechnik on the purchase and licensing of tanks Leopard 2 S. The tank 122 is the Swedish version of the German tank Leopard 2A5 featuring additional armour protection. Technically (read: "for political reasons") 160 Leo 2A4's were leased from the Bundeswehr for a period of 15 years. These tanks were received directly from the German Bundeswehr since they, because of the treaty regarding reduction of arms in Europe, were forced to reduce the number of tanks in service. But in the end it was decided that the mechanized brigades were to receive the Leopard 2A4. A number of alternatives were considered, even the then most modern Russian tank, the T80U, was tested. These would replace the aging S-tanks (and Centurions) then in use. In addition to the Leopard 2A5 Improved S that are to be used by the armored brigades the Royal Swedish Army wanted to buy newer tanks to be used by the mechanized brigades. There are wagons from los.1 manufactured in 1977- and up to los 5. These wagons were in varying condition when they came here in 1994 and they are from different manufacturing series called "losung", and they therefore vary a little in appearance right from the start. The tank 121 is the Swedish name for the 160 used Leopard II which Sweden "borrowed" in connection with the deal with the new Leopards (st. The tank is in service with the armies of Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and Spain. The first production Leopards were delivered to the German Army in 1979. The new main battle tank was developed by Krauss-Maffei AG, now Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), of München, Germany. The Leopard II was developed in the seventies after the joint US/German effort to develop a new main battle tank, the MBT-70, was brought to a halt and the project cancelled. ![]()
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