After the first Leopard 2A7s were handed over to the Hungarian 11th Tank Battalion of the 1st György Klapka Tank Brigade in Tata in December last year, three more main battle tanks arrived in Tata in the past few days. With these three new vehicles, the tank brigade’s fleet has increased to 18 tanks.
In December 2018, the Hungarian Ministry of Defense signed an agreement with KNDS – then still Krauss-Maffei Wegman – a contract contract for the delivery of 44 modern Leopard 2A7s. According to the contract, deliveries are to continue until 2025, which means that the remaining 26 tanks are expected to arrive in Hungary in the coming months. Just a few days ago, it was also announced that the first Lynx infantry fighting vehicle manufactured in Rheinmetall’s Hungarian production facility will be delivered to Hungary. Lynx infantry fighting vehicle manufactured at Rheinmetall’s Hungarian was handed over to the Hungarian armed forces.
In the run-up to the delivery of the Leopard 2A7, the Hungarian armed forces prepared for the operation and deployment of the new main battle tanks by training on twelve Leopard 2 A4 main battle tanks, which were delivered to Hungary from Krauss-Maffei Wegman stocks in summer 2020. Some of the Hungarian crews were also trained by the Austrian Armed Forces. had been trained. Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky emphasized that the commissioning of the Leopard main battle tanks marked the beginning of a new era in the development history of the Hungarian armed forces, whose rearmament is proceeding according to plan. https://militaeraktuell.at/bundesheer-startet-eigenen-sportkanal/ The modern Leopard 2A7s are agile, extremely reliable and have good manoeuvrability for their category. The hull is 7.7 meters long, with the cannon at the front the length of the tank is 10.97 meters. The width of the hull is 3.7 meters without the additional armour module and its height is around three meters. In terms of its technical design, it largely corresponds to the Leopard 2A8 as used by Norway (Militär Aktuell reported) and Germany (Militär Aktuell reported) ordered last year for delivery from 2025. The Hungarian Minister of Defense also reminded the public that a total of 44 units of this high-tech military equipment will be delivered to Hungary by 2028.
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