![]() ![]() It continues to be employed by the armed forces of Germany and has been exported to several NATO allies, as well as to the nations of Chile, Indonesia, and Singapore. The third-generation Leopard 2 was developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s and it replaced the Leopard 1 as the West German Army's primary MBT in 1979. Whether it is a Leopard 2 or not, is not obvious," explained military vehicles historian John Adams-Graf, editor of History in Motion, the magazine of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association. ![]() "I have watched and re-watched the video, and at best, can say that the clip is spliced together showing two different events: First an indirect fire barrage on what appears to be a column of armored personnel carriers (APCs) and armor and second, a burning vehicle somewhat distant from that column of APCs and armor. Though the videos shared on Thursday were more convincing than the footage of the "farm harvester" from earlier in the week, it is hard to confirm that it was a Leopard 2, or other Western MBT, that came under fire and was destroyed. However, Russia has long employed disinformation campaigns, while releasing highly edited videos that have often been presented out of context. The truth certainly has been a casualty in the ongoing conflict, and both Kyiv and Moscow continue to make claims about the losses of the other side. ![]()
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