Trumpeter | 07190 | German Leopard2A4 MBT | 1:72

Plastic model kit, glue and paint are not included.

Background information

he successor to the Leopard 1, the Leopard 2, was first produced in 1979. Several 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 control system and information system.

The Leopard 2 has undergone technical improvements under the Level I and Level II Upgrade programs. A new smoothbore gun, the 120 millimeter L55 gun, has been developed by Rheinmetall GmbH of Ratingen, Germany to replace the shorter 120 millimeter L44 smoothbore tank gun on the Leopard 2. It allows effective use of a new APFSDS-T bullet, DM53 (LKE II), with a longer rod penetrator, and which is under development.