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Finland updates its "Leopards"

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Finland will update its fleet of Leopard 2 tanks. Yesterday, December 15, the portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Finnish Ministry of Defense approved a deal with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the modernization of fire control systems for Leopard 2A4 and Leopard 2A6 tanks.

The modernization will be insignificant, since the declared value of the contract is only about $ 11 million. The work will begin in the first quarter of next year and will last about four years.

Leopard 2A6 tank of the Finnish Army

Image source: armyrecognition.com

As of 2020, Finland had a fleet of 200 Leopard 2A4 and Leopard 2A6 combat-ready tanks (approximately 100 units of each modification). The Finnish army bought these combat vehicles already used: in the period from 2002 to 2003, 124 Leopard 2A4 units were delivered from Germany, and in the period from 2015 to 2019, 100 Leopard 2A6 tanks were bought from the Netherlands.

Leopard 2 has been mass-produced since 1979, during which time more than 3,000 tanks have been produced in various modifications, which differ significantly from each other. The newest version - Leopard 2A7V - differs from its predecessors in improved protection, more comfortable conditions for the crew, as well as advanced electronics.

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