@apelsinas691 Because we had good engineering but bad political leaders. Germany is a small country compared to the nations we fought against. I love our engineering, but I'm glad we do not use our tanks anymore.
leopard 2 is the best tank how if leopard tank compared with russian tank bmp3f bmp3f is a good tank can coss the lake too,leopard also nice tank but can't cross the lake
@kuyaTanY on top of what Khristophoros said, the Leo 2 uses standard engine parts that are commonly used... the cost of maintenance for the Leo 2 is far less then the M1A2.
@kuyaTanY Both the Abrams and the Leo 2 uses Rheinmetall 120 mm gun (German creation) German Leo 2's had the Rheinmetall 120 L44 cannon on all version up to the A5 version. Now they have 120 mm L55 which is a larger caliber gun, so the Leopard 2A5-A7 has a larger firepower :).
@Khristophoros1001 Difference between L/44 and L/55 being the latter has a longer gun. Yes, L/55 offeres 'larger firepower' (better firepower would be the correct term) but not through larger caliber. Both guns has the same caliber - 120mm (L/55 somehow has larger caliber according to you even when you've state both are 120s). Power is increased through the additional muzzle velocity the projectile has from a higher peak pressure from the propellant. Caliber on tanks refer to the DIAMETER(120mm)
@kuyaTanY if ur comparing M1A2 to Leo2s with L/44 guns they are the same. M256 guns are modified L/44 to increase the resistance to fatigue. L/44 can fire whatever, or most, ammunition M256 uses. L/55 has a longer gun resulting in higher peak pressure from the propellent, which in turn gives a higher muzzle velocity and longer range. Anyway M256 is L/44 so yea, u get the idea. =D
One of my great grandfathers was in German Infantry in WW2 and another of my great grandfathers was in the American Merchant Marines. in WW2 and even he was of German blood. I take pride in my German heritage regardless of what side they fought for.
"Made in Germany"...that's the best possible quality label that any product could have. Cars, military equipment, construction machinery, home appliances, electronics, sporting goods, beer and etc. Things made in Germany are always top quality.
One has the wonder if in America for example it was the german engineers who build such engines as the F404. Germans were always the backbone of every country they settled on. Those americans and brits who have german blood in them can't take pride of it because of the heavy brainwashing by you know who.
@buzzzatho There are three componants a tank is depending on: armour, firepower and manoeuvrability. It's a natural law in engineering that you can only achieve two of them at a maximum level at a time. German military doctrine in tank warfare since end of WW II always chose firepower and manoeuvrability over armour. The most important part of this tank is the 120mm smoothbore tank gun. It outperformed British and American guns, so that both M1 and Challenger II nowadays use the German gun.
@buzzzatho True. Especially in asymmetric warfare, armour gets more and more important. The Leo2 is a tank developed during the cold war. His biggest strength is the combat against other tanks. The newest version of the Leopard 2, the Leo 2 A7+ is optimized for asymmetric warfare scenarios. It focuses more on protection (especially against mines and IEDs). So it tends back to the time of WWII when German military doctrine focused on armour and firepower with a lack of manoeuvrability.
@buzzzatho So in the end you may be right with the armour becoming more and more important. But I'm still not sure if there will be a role of classic MBTs like the Leo or M1 in future asymmetric conflicts. Actually IFVs become more and more important. Maybe it would be wise to create a new type of vehicle for urban operations and keep the MBTs like they are for symmetric warfare.
@MrShrapnelDK that's righty :) and it make us germans proud to hear it from non-germans :) except USA most of the High tech is stolen from us after ww2 :) greetz from good new Germany!
Erm..the only thing the US DIDN'T steal from the Germans was microprocessor technology; all other superior tech was developed from stolen German technology.
@52111centrumcz yea not really, Jürgen Dethloff was the very first who got the clue :) in 1969 but it was not really a microprocessor more the sim-card.
@buzzzatho unfortunately they sometimes have no choice. germans, americans and natos countries have sufficient fundings and money to enhance their miltary techology and their own country. whilst russia hasnt a choice but mostly survives alone and has to depend on these things to fund their own country.
@MrShrapnelDK the good thing about german tanks is: they are light as bamboo, their engines runs with every flamable liquid (like vodka), they are high tech as fuck and all this in the best possible quality. ;)
the leopard 1 cold diving, too. you can't shoot underwater, that's clear. it's simply the diving function. you need no bridges, no little ships or ferries. you can stay underwater and undetected.
@TheCFarmy the leopard can stay for hours underwater and the tower will be requiered, you can it disguise. the motor and the hole tank is fully functional underwater. you can wait with 6 tanks in a river or a lake underwater between the reed and strike from the back when the enemy is surprised. the idea was, that you can cross a river without a bridge.
@USparatroopersurgeon To be perfectly honest, American tanks were also named after consecutive numbers, in fact, most tanks are, they just get nicknames, and most American tanks during WW2 got their names from the British, like the M4 Sherman or the M3 Lee.
The British was naming American built tanks after famous American Civil war generals.
The russians also gave nicknames to their tanks, Like the KV and IS tanks.
@icecremer Well yeah sure they got numbers but what makes them unique is the fact that those tanks are named after Americans. M3 Lee is named after a famous Civil war general and Sherman had such a hardnosed rep in the army a tank was named after him. Russian tanks may have nicknames, but ever since the USSR they have been called t-#
Actually the Russian numbers on the Ts are supposed to be the years the first time the design was finalized and accepted by passing the military acceptance trials.
Actually the Russian numbers on the Ts are supposed to be the years the first time the design was finalized and accepted by passing the military acceptance trials.
WTH are you talking about? Borrowed gun? We tried the smoothbore (not in combat, mind you the Leo hasn't been tried in combat tank v tank)and there was no advantage over the rifled British barrel. In fact they could not engage targets over 4000yds. British crap? What sniper rifle do the German's use when they want accuracy? Yep you guessed it, Accuracy international based in the UK. A company who produces a weapon that holds the record for longest sniper kill. I see a pattern!
So don't do down British engineering, you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Where as i spent 11 years fixing Tanks in the British army. Back to COD fool.
The Challanger does NOT use a copy of the 120mm smoothbore; it uses a rifled cannon!!! Its the L-30 if I'm not mistaken and the Brits use it because they wished to retain the ability to fire HESH warheads.
The Brits used it because smoothbore ammunition (which is cheaper) is 1 piece compared to the rifled ammo that is in several pieces, as a result only 6 1 piece rounds could be stored in the turret. Thus the money saved buying smoothbore ammunition would be far less than a redesign of the CR2's turret so they kept the L30 CHARM.
HESH wasn't the primary reason, it was mostly a financial reason. Though the use of HESH did have some contribution i would have imagined.
The Brits use the rifled L30 CHARM not the smoothbore L-55. The idea of using the L-55 was thrown out during testing, if you are going to have an opinion then at least know the basic facts you moron.
PERO QUE HAY DE SU CAPACIDAD PARA SOPORTAR MISILES ANTITANQUES DE ULTIMA GENERACION COM EL KORNET-E. SEGUN SU CONSTRUCTOR ESTE MISIL PUEDE ATRAVESAR 1200 MM DE ARMADURA Y EL LEOPARD2 SOLO TIENE UNA ARMADURA DE 700 MM ???????
After seeing this demonstration video it comes as no surprise that Saudi Arabia wants to buy 200 Leopard tanks, preferring it over the American M1 A1 Abrams.
@Banananaish This bad ass sound of the leo will give it away coz it will be heard for several hundred meters by the taliban. That's a sad fact that the danes fighting in afghanistan found out. The taliban doesn't have sophisticated thermal imagers to locate your tank, but they do have ears. They can hear your tank coming from as far as a mile away, and that gives them plenty of time to set up an ambush, or worse, plant an ied.
@m16a4ish Damn, you spread your bullshit everywhere, how great the german/british built Abrams is. The gas turbine is as loud as the diesel engine. Don't tell me anything, i have seen both tanks in action together. And there is a good reason, why the americans wanted to buy the german MTU diesel engine for the next Abrams generation and don't give fuck about the turbine.The M1 abrams can't even drive submerged in Water, what is a WORLDWIDE standard with MBT's. It also sucks 2 times more gas.
XFD like an IED is going to take out a leopard! You are obviously unfamiliar with German technology but no Taliban shit soldiers going to take out German made weapons en masse LOL
The M1A2 and Leo2A6 are the same in almost every aspect (as far as performance goes). Except I would much rather pay the gas bill (and therefore deal with the logistics of refueling) of a Leo2. The M1's only drawback is it's engine. The Leo2 has better range and that's on a smaller fuel tank. An army needs to supply WAY more fuel to a theatre of operations to supply a fleet of M1s than an army fielding the Leo2. The A6/7 model of Leo2 has a more powerful gun as well (L55 as opposed to M1s L44).
Quit argueing over which one is better, it's just opinions. I was born in Germany raised halfway there then raised the other half in America, so I have no sides.
@ViciousCritique I wouldn't call it crap in comparison. The Leopard is still a very good machine and its usage, I would assume, is virtually identical to the Abrams.
Also keep in mind that the Leopard costs less. The 2A6 costs 5.6+ million USD (2006) per unit versus the Abrams costing 6.21 million USD (1999) per unit and inflation has probably pushed that up quite a bit. It drinks less fuel and due to the widespread nature of the Leopard family, replacement parts are cheaper.
@VideoGamerize Sorry friend, but with over 9000 Abrams made and with over half held by the USA, Stalin's quote is valid: "Quantity has a quality of its own."
Hmmmm, than maybe you could explain to me why I, as a former gunner of the loe2, had a kill death ratio of 10 to 1 in the manuvers against the abrams?
This tank is pretty bad ass, on paper. It has performed exceptionally well, in practice. It has a very high kill rate, in simulations. It's armor can withstand anything, from controlled explosions to controlled "enemy" fire. It has extensive "combat" experience, patrolling the streets of kosovo and the "very dangerous" anti-taliban north in afghanistan. Oh, I forgot. It also survived a very, very, very scary uncontrolled explosion from a tiny ied. Wow, what a tank.
@m16a4ish The A5/6 variants support armour superior to that of the M1(and all it's variants) despite being lighter. The L55 cannon in the A6 and "+" variants is more powerful than the M1A1/2's L44. The speed and power are near identical.
And the Leopard 2's engine is a million times better in a combat situation because it's engine is deisel. The gasoline engine in the M1 is a logistics nightmare, it is a gas guzzler and damn near needs a fleet of soft fuel trucks following it (ideal targets)
@m16a4ish hahaha now youre an american like someone would imagine.....arrogant as nothing else and always claiming that made in USA is the best and everything else is crap.......well what would american M1 tanks be without germany? probaly crushed plastic due to russian armor
This Values were in a PDF of the German Bundeswehr. They actually need to know it. If the DM53 penetrates 3600mm it would be go through 8 T-72B in row.
If you can German: " L/44 mit DM53:Laut Angaben der Bundeswehr kann damit eine Durchschlagsleistung von 810 mm Panzerstahl auf eine Entfernung von 2000 m erreicht werden."
I think people fail to realize that it's cheaper to buy armour than making it yourself. Good German thinking to keep the cost down
ThatTankid 4 days ago
germanys -why u never won a single war with yours qqqqquality things?
apelsinas691 2 weeks ago
@apelsinas691 Because we had good engineering but bad political leaders. Germany is a small country compared to the nations we fought against. I love our engineering, but I'm glad we do not use our tanks anymore.
BoeserBiber 1 week ago
As an American, if could choose to serve on any tank other than the Abrams, it'd be this fine machine.
ushockey08 2 weeks ago
THIS TANK IS IN MW3 CAMPAIGN!!
04GUITARPLAYER04 3 weeks ago
made in germany=TOP QUALITY!
constantmotionish 4 weeks ago
These new German tanks could take France and Poland in half the time ;)
rubiconyoufag 4 weeks ago
Am I the only one that is noticing the "unintentional" similarity between the Leopard and the Tiger?
Tiger/Leopard: Big gun, advanced tank, little bulky and squared turret
Tiger 2/ Leo 2: Turret is angled now, more advanced
13Psycho13 1 month ago
If the tank is underwater that means to the enemy the tank will appear in thin air.
Wesley95501 1 month ago
leopard 2 is the best tank how if leopard tank compared with russian tank bmp3f bmp3f is a good tank can coss the lake too,leopard also nice tank but can't cross the lake
buy48 1 month ago
these tanks are fuckin beast, even more badass given there ancestors were tigers and panthers
rustydeathpipe 1 month ago
the best tank in the world indonesia will buy 200 tank in 2012
buy48 1 month ago
How about old German tanks (eg Panzer, Tiger or Panther's)?
pustakaaristoteles 1 month ago
0:57 Getting ready for rape 1:01 ohhhhh that was a good fuck
ADouBTor 1 month ago
This looks really awesome.
MYRWX 1 month ago
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If any country in the world knows how to make tanks, it's Germany. Think about it... WW2 *ahem*
Is it just me, or does the Leopard look like a modern version of a Tiger?
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cplotnik 2 months ago
M1A1 and M1A2 are piece of shit things lol
30sectodeath 2 months ago
Germany rules
rytis1234567891 2 months ago
fuck !! the leopard 2 is no match for the m1a2 tank .
kuyaTanY 2 months ago
@kuyaTanY on top of what Khristophoros said, the Leo 2 uses standard engine parts that are commonly used... the cost of maintenance for the Leo 2 is far less then the M1A2.
Baseshocks 2 months ago
what is the stronger in terms of fire power ? the m1a2 or the leopard 2 ?
kuyaTanY 2 months ago
@kuyaTanY Both the Abrams and the Leo 2 uses Rheinmetall 120 mm gun (German creation) German Leo 2's had the Rheinmetall 120 L44 cannon on all version up to the A5 version. Now they have 120 mm L55 which is a larger caliber gun, so the Leopard 2A5-A7 has a larger firepower :).
Khristophoros1001 2 months ago
@Khristophoros1001 ROFL. you have no idea what ur talking about.
ADouBTor 1 month ago
@ADouBTor Please don't bother me with your bullshit! If you don't have anything to say then don't say anything at all.....
Khristophoros1001 1 month ago
@Khristophoros1001 Difference between L/44 and L/55 being the latter has a longer gun. Yes, L/55 offeres 'larger firepower' (better firepower would be the correct term) but not through larger caliber. Both guns has the same caliber - 120mm (L/55 somehow has larger caliber according to you even when you've state both are 120s). Power is increased through the additional muzzle velocity the projectile has from a higher peak pressure from the propellant. Caliber on tanks refer to the DIAMETER(120mm)
ADouBTor 1 month ago
@kuyaTanY if ur comparing M1A2 to Leo2s with L/44 guns they are the same. M256 guns are modified L/44 to increase the resistance to fatigue. L/44 can fire whatever, or most, ammunition M256 uses. L/55 has a longer gun resulting in higher peak pressure from the propellent, which in turn gives a higher muzzle velocity and longer range. Anyway M256 is L/44 so yea, u get the idea. =D
ADouBTor 1 month ago
German engineering gives me a hard-on.
ThePatriotMuckraker 2 months ago
No matter how bad ass this tank may be, one A-10 Warthog can kill ten of these
anotherMfan 2 months ago
@anotherMfan Don't be so sure ...it's a big ass tank :P
Durendal33 2 months ago
dear santa....
Balint2424242 2 months ago
One of my great grandfathers was in German Infantry in WW2 and another of my great grandfathers was in the American Merchant Marines. in WW2 and even he was of German blood. I take pride in my German heritage regardless of what side they fought for.
xen0f0be 3 months ago
ride a tank underwater... looks awesome
JayJay1990fromwiehl 3 months ago
imagine a modern day world war...
Cottam89 4 months ago
germans are scary o_0
danishrhine 4 months ago
"Made in Germany"...that's the best possible quality label that any product could have. Cars, military equipment, construction machinery, home appliances, electronics, sporting goods, beer and etc. Things made in Germany are always top quality.
Playster3 4 months ago 49
@Playster3
One has the wonder if in America for example it was the german engineers who build such engines as the F404. Germans were always the backbone of every country they settled on. Those americans and brits who have german blood in them can't take pride of it because of the heavy brainwashing by you know who.
BENNYSIEGEL90 3 months ago
@Playster3 have to say I agree german made stuff last and age sadly tough most thingsa here are made in china
SSN393 3 months ago
@Playster3 i also love german music just like RAMMSTEIN i love Germans
Ashkanjustsayin 2 months ago
@Playster3
Apart from the old ''Made in GB''.
theshow2k8 2 months ago
@theshow2k8 You're joking right? If so then haha but if not then you're simply crazy!
Playster3 2 months ago
@Playster3
What companies in Germany have been pioneering or qualitatively superior in electronics? I thought the far east and USA dominated this sector.
Agrippa521 2 months ago
@Playster3 Unfortunately, it also almost always means "very expensive" =(
JL2813 2 months ago
@Playster3 Except the Shamwow.
QBisbest 2 months ago
@Playster3 Funny how they use British armour, the most important part of the Panzer!
buzzzatho 2 weeks ago
@buzzzatho There are three componants a tank is depending on: armour, firepower and manoeuvrability. It's a natural law in engineering that you can only achieve two of them at a maximum level at a time. German military doctrine in tank warfare since end of WW II always chose firepower and manoeuvrability over armour. The most important part of this tank is the 120mm smoothbore tank gun. It outperformed British and American guns, so that both M1 and Challenger II nowadays use the German gun.
BoeserBiber 1 week ago
@BoeserBiber i agree with you on the main gun and the engineering choices, but the armour is not bad at all, its not german but it isnt bad...
A tank with good engine and good gun that gets stopped by a simple IED is no good in the overall...
buzzzatho 1 week ago
@buzzzatho True. Especially in asymmetric warfare, armour gets more and more important. The Leo2 is a tank developed during the cold war. His biggest strength is the combat against other tanks. The newest version of the Leopard 2, the Leo 2 A7+ is optimized for asymmetric warfare scenarios. It focuses more on protection (especially against mines and IEDs). So it tends back to the time of WWII when German military doctrine focused on armour and firepower with a lack of manoeuvrability.
BoeserBiber 1 week ago
@buzzzatho So in the end you may be right with the armour becoming more and more important. But I'm still not sure if there will be a role of classic MBTs like the Leo or M1 in future asymmetric conflicts. Actually IFVs become more and more important. Maybe it would be wise to create a new type of vehicle for urban operations and keep the MBTs like they are for symmetric warfare.
BoeserBiber 1 week ago
Made in Germany
8MunchenBayern8 4 months ago
0:49-0:54 So Drik Nowitzki was a tanker before being a NBA Player. o_O
themangix357 4 months ago
Chineese: Tanks of bamboo!
Russian: Engines that runs on vodka!
U.S.A: Hight tech af f***
Germany: quality!
Thats how the world is in my head :P
MrShrapnelDK 4 months ago 18
@MrShrapnelDK that's righty :) and it make us germans proud to hear it from non-germans :) except USA most of the High tech is stolen from us after ww2 :) greetz from good new Germany!
oXbOxr00X 4 months ago
@oXbOxr00X
Erm..the only thing the US DIDN'T steal from the Germans was microprocessor technology; all other superior tech was developed from stolen German technology.
52111centrumcz 4 months ago
@52111centrumcz yea, in 1960 we had other things todo .... rebuilt germany :)
oXbOxr00X 4 months ago
@52111centrumcz yea not really, Jürgen Dethloff was the very first who got the clue :) in 1969 but it was not really a microprocessor more the sim-card.
oXbOxr00X 3 months ago
@MrShrapnelDK i think it should be more like:
Chinese: lots of them!
Russia: lots of armour!
U.S.A: big gun!
Germany: Quality
TheJosephagus 1 month ago
@MrShrapnelDK not everything in the russian army is based on vodka.
Xiia0Sn00pY 2 weeks ago
@Xiia0Sn00pY just the personnel! XD just kiddin, Gorbies are a formidable opponent, too bad they sell weapons to terrorists...
buzzzatho 2 weeks ago
@buzzzatho unfortunately they sometimes have no choice. germans, americans and natos countries have sufficient fundings and money to enhance their miltary techology and their own country. whilst russia hasnt a choice but mostly survives alone and has to depend on these things to fund their own country.
Xiia0Sn00pY 2 weeks ago
@MrShrapnelDK Engines running on vodka? That would be fucking awesome engineering! :D
BoeserBiber 1 week ago
@MrShrapnelDK the good thing about german tanks is: they are light as bamboo, their engines runs with every flamable liquid (like vodka), they are high tech as fuck and all this in the best possible quality. ;)
tropicthunder332 1 week ago
@0:22 what kind of a round was that?
Burugudunstuy123 5 months ago
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Burugudunstuy123 5 months ago
the underwater function is a good idea, i think.
the leopard 1 cold diving, too. you can't shoot underwater, that's clear. it's simply the diving function. you need no bridges, no little ships or ferries. you can stay underwater and undetected.
Kreisliga1000 5 months ago
How long can they stay under water and can they go under water with out that tower
TheCFarmy 5 months ago
@TheCFarmy Well, they an go underwater without it of course, but who woild guide it then? :P
spanish111japan 5 months ago
@TheCFarmy the leopard can stay for hours underwater and the tower will be requiered, you can it disguise. the motor and the hole tank is fully functional underwater. you can wait with 6 tanks in a river or a lake underwater between the reed and strike from the back when the enemy is surprised. the idea was, that you can cross a river without a bridge.
Kreisliga1000 5 months ago
German tanks named after aggressive big cats
British tanks named after corny punch lines
American tanks named after famous americans
Russian tanks named after consecutive numbers Yeah, that tells you a country's culture for sure
USparatroopersurgeon 5 months ago
@USparatroopersurgeon To be perfectly honest, American tanks were also named after consecutive numbers, in fact, most tanks are, they just get nicknames, and most American tanks during WW2 got their names from the British, like the M4 Sherman or the M3 Lee.
The British was naming American built tanks after famous American Civil war generals.
The russians also gave nicknames to their tanks, Like the KV and IS tanks.
icecremer 5 months ago
@icecremer Well yeah sure they got numbers but what makes them unique is the fact that those tanks are named after Americans. M3 Lee is named after a famous Civil war general and Sherman had such a hardnosed rep in the army a tank was named after him. Russian tanks may have nicknames, but ever since the USSR they have been called t-#
USparatroopersurgeon 5 months ago
@USparatroopersurgeon
Actually the Russian numbers on the Ts are supposed to be the years the first time the design was finalized and accepted by passing the military acceptance trials.
52111centrumcz 4 months ago
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@USparatroopersurgeon
Actually the Russian numbers on the Ts are supposed to be the years the first time the design was finalized and accepted by passing the military acceptance trials.
52111centrumcz 4 months ago
7:12 You, my good sir, are shitting me.
Carbide195 5 months ago
"The Königs Leopard" :-P
BigAndTall666 5 months ago
the Merkava is the best tank in the world!!!!
madturtlefan 5 months ago
@madturtlefan Nope.
Spezza149 5 months ago
@Spezza149 YES!!!!!
madturtlefan 5 months ago
@madturtlefan NOPE!
BigAndTall666 5 months ago
@madturtlefan No its not, and you have ntohing to be proud of being Israeli, your entire defence budget is paid for by the Americans
ScottishCaledonian 5 months ago
@ScottishCaledonian Dude,dun get mess up,im a Proud Singaporean,and the Singapore army has the leopard tank,but in my opinion i like the Mekava...
madturtlefan 5 months ago
@ScottishCaledonian israel owns america
SirHungryHippo 5 months ago
Every one saying which tank is better and what not have not fought in tanks before
USparatroopersurgeon 5 months ago
this is the best tank in the world and the cv90 is the best light tank both in the swedish army!!!!
mickelrav1 6 months ago
Made in GERMANY :D
BlackBullGER 6 months ago
4000 yards. Why the short range? 5000m record with Challenger unbeaten!
m52spy 6 months ago
@m52spy u mean the same smoothbore gun that the uk borrowed from germany beat the leopard 2...
I am british and i can tell german design is no comparison to uk crap...
ibm0026 6 months ago
@ibm0026
WTH are you talking about? Borrowed gun? We tried the smoothbore (not in combat, mind you the Leo hasn't been tried in combat tank v tank)and there was no advantage over the rifled British barrel. In fact they could not engage targets over 4000yds. British crap? What sniper rifle do the German's use when they want accuracy? Yep you guessed it, Accuracy international based in the UK. A company who produces a weapon that holds the record for longest sniper kill. I see a pattern!
m52spy 6 months ago
@ibm0026
So don't do down British engineering, you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Where as i spent 11 years fixing Tanks in the British army. Back to COD fool.
m52spy 6 months ago
@ibm0026
The Challanger does NOT use a copy of the 120mm smoothbore; it uses a rifled cannon!!! Its the L-30 if I'm not mistaken and the Brits use it because they wished to retain the ability to fire HESH warheads.
52111centrumcz 4 months ago
@52111centrumcz
The Brits used it because smoothbore ammunition (which is cheaper) is 1 piece compared to the rifled ammo that is in several pieces, as a result only 6 1 piece rounds could be stored in the turret. Thus the money saved buying smoothbore ammunition would be far less than a redesign of the CR2's turret so they kept the L30 CHARM.
HESH wasn't the primary reason, it was mostly a financial reason. Though the use of HESH did have some contribution i would have imagined.
HauptmannRob 3 months ago
@ibm0026
The Brits use the rifled L30 CHARM not the smoothbore L-55. The idea of using the L-55 was thrown out during testing, if you are going to have an opinion then at least know the basic facts you moron.
HauptmannRob 3 months ago
PERO QUE HAY DE SU CAPACIDAD PARA SOPORTAR MISILES ANTITANQUES DE ULTIMA GENERACION COM EL KORNET-E. SEGUN SU CONSTRUCTOR ESTE MISIL PUEDE ATRAVESAR 1200 MM DE ARMADURA Y EL LEOPARD2 SOLO TIENE UNA ARMADURA DE 700 MM ???????
demoledor35 6 months ago
Love the muzak in the background
51m0n77 6 months ago
Der alte Turm sieht dem Tieger 2 verdamt ähnlich
wolle777u 6 months ago
Incoming U-Panzer!
usmarine4160 6 months ago
you can have facial hair in the Germany army
denvarhawks 6 months ago
Oh Germany, u guys are just awesome.
reodk 6 months ago 22
So German turn this tank into new U-Boat???
FreedomFighterEx 6 months ago
@FreedomFighterEx
LMAO
Egodraco 6 months ago
After seeing this demonstration video it comes as no surprise that Saudi Arabia wants to buy 200 Leopard tanks, preferring it over the American M1 A1 Abrams.
Ilaab1995 6 months ago
that is the sexiest tank ive ever seen...
Hypastpist 6 months ago
great video horrible music
zim0wnz 7 months ago
damn germans and their engineering perfection!.. great tank btw
dethica 7 months ago
the germans always seem to make good tanks.
texas224 7 months ago
Fucking Chinese will imitate these awesome tanks fuck china
Sorschepux 7 months ago
challenger 2 is better
ManicMammoth 7 months ago
@ManicMammoth Nuh-Uh.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129
In many ways it is. In some its not.
52111centrumcz 4 months ago
and armor from Michigan Tech
UPEH815 7 months ago
This tank just says: "fuck you M1, abrams "
DardoUltimate 7 months ago
love the porn music.
vvinblog 7 months ago
Did anyone mentioned that it has comfy seats?
EnhancedNightmare 7 months ago
yeaaah this is german technology
MarciVanDarci 7 months ago 33
@MarciVanDarci Look out, Poland.
gluemoae 7 months ago
Hell its mine resistant . . . F*** me. But does it only works once?
rocketzombie237 8 months ago
why germans dont use slopped armor?
uzickimajmunac 8 months ago
@uzickimajmunac Cost room
Redfox161616 7 months ago
Yay for german engineering.
giantrobots1122 8 months ago
HOLY CRAP!
AA gun on a Tank!
ss33988 8 months ago
This reminds me of the tiger 2
trueprophesy 8 months ago 2
Lol, the "disco" music in the video.
Brynjarbjorn 9 months ago
I forgot everything i does...Just remembered it can go underwater ..fuck me sideways
wufolife 9 months ago
challenger 2. all im saying.
albertjester 9 months ago
@albertjester it wouldn't stand a chance.. ok I might have but the Leopard 2 is still a better tank. for example it has a better gun and is faster
Draious 8 months ago
6:28 the camera man was hungry...for donuts lol
nyanyan9000 9 months ago
I wouldn't mind driving one of these babies around in Battlefield 3..
redshark618 9 months ago
I say the M1a2 and the Leo2 are the two best tanks ever made,they are both equally as good.
evilmuffen117 9 months ago
@evilmuffen117 Abrams copies the Leo2A5's L44 gun. Leo 2a6 is the best and M1a2 is second. The other tanks are inferior to both.
shadowdancerRFW 9 months ago
@shadowdancerRFW Yes ,they both use they same gun,The Germans helped with the build of the Abrams.
The only thing i like more about the leo is its engine,same speed less fuel.
evilmuffen117 9 months ago
@shadowdancerRFW and the sound of the Leo is bad ass!
Banananaish 7 months ago
@Banananaish This bad ass sound of the leo will give it away coz it will be heard for several hundred meters by the taliban. That's a sad fact that the danes fighting in afghanistan found out. The taliban doesn't have sophisticated thermal imagers to locate your tank, but they do have ears. They can hear your tank coming from as far as a mile away, and that gives them plenty of time to set up an ambush, or worse, plant an ied.
m16a4ish 7 months ago
@m16a4ish Damn, you spread your bullshit everywhere, how great the german/british built Abrams is. The gas turbine is as loud as the diesel engine. Don't tell me anything, i have seen both tanks in action together. And there is a good reason, why the americans wanted to buy the german MTU diesel engine for the next Abrams generation and don't give fuck about the turbine.The M1 abrams can't even drive submerged in Water, what is a WORLDWIDE standard with MBT's. It also sucks 2 times more gas.
VpR81 7 months ago
@m16a4ish
XFD like an IED is going to take out a leopard! You are obviously unfamiliar with German technology but no Taliban shit soldiers going to take out German made weapons en masse LOL
xxEastside13xx 6 months ago
Abrams: Australia Kuwait Morocco Egypt Iraq Saudi Leopard:Austria Canada Chile Denmark Finland Greece Netherland Norway Poland Potugal Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey
stig5057 9 months ago
These tanks (M1A2 & LEO2A6M) will meet on the battlefield... as allies.
Germany,Dutch,Canadians and others use the Leo
And as a Canadians i thank the Dutch and Germans for lending us some L2A4 and 2A6M
PcGamerPaul 9 months ago
@PcGamerPaul We actually sold you 80 2A4 and 20 2A6 as the Netherlands.
Sadly our government is retarded and they have phased out our Leopard 2A6 tanks.
The last 91 will be taken out of service on may 8.
There goes over 400 years of Dutch cavalry.
CallofDaniel 9 months ago
@CallofDaniel Damn that's not a good decision. My condolences to the Dutch Cavalry.
OABW4RR10R 9 months ago
two different tanks/American and german weakers.feed Turkey
injector77 9 months ago
The M1A2 and Leo2A6 are the same in almost every aspect (as far as performance goes). Except I would much rather pay the gas bill (and therefore deal with the logistics of refueling) of a Leo2. The M1's only drawback is it's engine. The Leo2 has better range and that's on a smaller fuel tank. An army needs to supply WAY more fuel to a theatre of operations to supply a fleet of M1s than an army fielding the Leo2. The A6/7 model of Leo2 has a more powerful gun as well (L55 as opposed to M1s L44).
icantafford 10 months ago
@icantafford Especially with the way gas prices and availability are going now, the Abrams just guzzles money by the bucketful.
RedSandStudios 10 months ago
It... goes underwater...
Well f*** me...
KillamriX98 10 months ago 65
@KillamriX98
Submerine: "WTF was that?"
"Oh nothing... just a tank firing at us"
ss33988 8 months ago 3
@KillamriX98 Of course, doesn't all tanks do that?
Tarik360 6 months ago
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libertateaaa 5 months ago
@KillamriX98 next you goon see haw the leo 2 is goes on water :)))
libertateaaa 5 months ago
@GiftedGreedy i can just see it KING LEOPARD ACE!
hamyhalodraw 10 months ago
i think the abrams is a better tank, but only for a country with a ridiculous amount of money and recources. the leopard is more realistic.
gabrielschembri 10 months ago
Quit argueing over which one is better, it's just opinions. I was born in Germany raised halfway there then raised the other half in America, so I have no sides.
Robloxsaltytaco1234 10 months ago
the ideology of tiger tank still remain in german
tny0061 10 months ago
Leopard is crap if u compare it to the Abrams.
ViciousCritique 10 months ago
@ViciousCritique I wouldn't call it crap in comparison. The Leopard is still a very good machine and its usage, I would assume, is virtually identical to the Abrams.
Also keep in mind that the Leopard costs less. The 2A6 costs 5.6+ million USD (2006) per unit versus the Abrams costing 6.21 million USD (1999) per unit and inflation has probably pushed that up quite a bit. It drinks less fuel and due to the widespread nature of the Leopard family, replacement parts are cheaper.
lulzfarmer 10 months ago
@ViciousCritique abrams sounds like a fucking vacuum cleaner.
NottinghamForest22 10 months ago
@ViciousCritique leopard is alot better -_-
VideoGamerize 10 months ago
@VideoGamerize No its not.
ViciousCritique 10 months ago
@ViciousCritique yes it is and thats my opinion :DD
VideoGamerize 10 months ago
@VideoGamerize Sorry friend, but with over 9000 Abrams made and with over half held by the USA, Stalin's quote is valid: "Quantity has a quality of its own."
cheyenne92646 9 months ago
@cheyenne92646 compared to Russia's 22,000 MBT army.
MrAl3x0o 9 months ago
@MrAl3x0o 1200 active, 8k reserve and parts, the rest sold, scrapped and in museums. Warfare.ru, janes, etc.
cheyenne92646 9 months ago
@cheyenne92646 how do you know? the Ruskies dont tell us everything ya know.
MrAl3x0o 9 months ago
@cheyenne92646
I think Lenin said that....
MirceaBv 9 months ago
@ViciousCritique
Hmmmm, than maybe you could explain to me why I, as a former gunner of the loe2, had a kill death ratio of 10 to 1 in the manuvers against the abrams?
OnkelWurstbrot 8 months ago
@OnkelWurstbrot Nice fairy tale....
ViciousCritique 8 months ago
SECOND TO NONE
bobanss1 10 months ago
Best tank ever.
ClaytonCarmine117 10 months ago
are these pretty much the same as the m1a1 abrams?
AlistairM1990 11 months ago
This tank is pretty bad ass, on paper. It has performed exceptionally well, in practice. It has a very high kill rate, in simulations. It's armor can withstand anything, from controlled explosions to controlled "enemy" fire. It has extensive "combat" experience, patrolling the streets of kosovo and the "very dangerous" anti-taliban north in afghanistan. Oh, I forgot. It also survived a very, very, very scary uncontrolled explosion from a tiny ied. Wow, what a tank.
m16a4ish 11 months ago
@m16a4ish Do you think a hit in battle is more destructive due to the "wow, battle feeling"-factor than the same hit in a test?
Cougar545x39 11 months ago
@m16a4ish The A5/6 variants support armour superior to that of the M1(and all it's variants) despite being lighter. The L55 cannon in the A6 and "+" variants is more powerful than the M1A1/2's L44. The speed and power are near identical.
And the Leopard 2's engine is a million times better in a combat situation because it's engine is deisel. The gasoline engine in the M1 is a logistics nightmare, it is a gas guzzler and damn near needs a fleet of soft fuel trucks following it (ideal targets)
icantafford 11 months ago
@m16a4ish hahaha now youre an american like someone would imagine.....arrogant as nothing else and always claiming that made in USA is the best and everything else is crap.......well what would american M1 tanks be without germany? probaly crushed plastic due to russian armor
DeltaBoy85 10 months ago
@DeltaBoy85 well said
PureHayabusa 10 months ago
why argue it said it uses the challenger armour developed by the british whats the deal same tank technically
ultimate56 11 months ago
What is official film name ? pls help me
su30mk30 11 months ago
Anybody else notice at 5:37 when he states the top speed, he refers to it as "leo 1", not 2.
F0M0C0 11 months ago
@F0M0C0 Yea I heard that.
tonygogap 11 months ago
@Leathlord: Hahahaha, this is hilaryous!
This Values were in a PDF of the German Bundeswehr. They actually need to know it. If the DM53 penetrates 3600mm it would be go through 8 T-72B in row.
If you can German: " L/44 mit DM53:Laut Angaben der Bundeswehr kann damit eine Durchschlagsleistung von 810 mm Panzerstahl auf eine Entfernung von 2000 m erreicht werden."
TankNutJohn89 11 months ago
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@TankNutJohn89 U are pathetic....
TankNutJohn89 - "The best Tank anyway is no one of them, it's the Leopard 2A6." .....from arguing Abrams vs Challenger 2
Vykuk123 11 months ago