Leopard 2 A6 in Munich.
The delivery of the German Army's first Leopard 2 A6 main
battle tank from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) took place during a recent
ceremony at the company's plant in Munich, Germany. The German Army
has ordered 225 of the A6 variant, which are complete with the new 120
mm L55 main armament and its newly-upgraded ammunition, the depleted
uranium-free LKE 2 DM 53. Both the weapon and ammunition were developed
in conjunction with Rheinmetall. In a separate development,
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has recently signed another contract with the
Netherlands which covers the upgrade and modernisation of 180 Leopard 2s
to the A6 standard.
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