Lithuania has appropriated roughly €700 million for 44 advanced Leopard 2A8 tanks—but rather than buying them from Germany outright, it has arranged to build them in its own factories.

The Leopard 2 is widely considered one of the world's best, most reliable, and most capable main battle tanks; some armor analysts and enthusiasts consider it the equal of, if not better than, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An employee works on a Leopard 2 main battle tank at the KNDS Unterstadt plant in Kassel. The German military, the Bundeswehr, is ...

A Leopard 2 tank is on display at the KMW (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann) + Nexter stand at the Eurosatory International Defence and Security Exhibition in June 2022 in Paris. (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images) ...

From the 1980s Leopard 2A4 to the cutting-edge 2A7V and future 2A8, Germany’s Leopard 2 tanks have undergone decades of upgrades to maintain battlefield dominance. These tanks, armed with 120mm ...

German Bundeswehr soldiers inspect a Leopard 2A8 main battle tank at the roll-out of the first Leopard 2A8 NOR for the Norwegian Army at a ceremony at the KNDS factory on Nov. 19, 2025 in Munich, ...

Despite the rise of drones and long-range missiles, one piece of military hardware still dominates ground combat: the tank.

Germany’s Leopard 2A8 tank is unlikely to live up to its promises—but its construction is at least a worthwhile investment in the country’s ailing defense industrial base. Germany has placed an ...