What countries use or have used the Leopard 2A4? So far I've seen them used by Germany (of course), Spain, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Does Canada only use Leopard 1's?

Are there any others and if you really know your stuff, any major exterior differences? I know Sweden up armors their 2A5's very well.

Denmark use them along with greece who have just got some or are in the process of getting some. you could always build one in British colours or plain green as this along with thre chally2&abhrams was trialed as a replacement to the chally 1

The Leopard 2 is currently in service with:
The Bundeswehr (2,125);
Austria (acquired 114 tanks from the Netherlands);
Denmark (purchased 51 tanks from Germany);
Netherlands (formerly bought 445 between 1982 and 1986. Of these, 114 were sold to Austria, 180 are being kept and have been upgraded to A5 standard, the rest are for sale but may be kept and upgraded);
Spain (108 Leopard 2s are currently being leased from Germany - Spain is due to manufacture 219 Leopard 2s under license that will be armed with the L/55 calibre gun);
Sweden (bought 120 from Germany which are being upgraded to A5 standard and has an option on a further 90 and will assemble another 120 Leopard 2 (S) tanks. The Swedish tanks have a number of additional modifications including additional armour protection on the chassis front and turret roof, a modular Tank Command and Control System (TCCS) connected via a databus to the subsystems of the tank and an eye-safe laser. These raise the weight of the tank to 62 tonnes)
Switzerland (380 - 35 bought from Germany, the remainder built under license in Switzerland.
Greece is currently evaluating the results of its competitive tank trials which had the Leopard 2 A5 in pole position with an overall score of 78.65 percent. There are also Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge, Armoured Recovery Vehicle and driver training vehicle variants

The Finns and the Poles are also supposed to be buying some use L2's from Germany too.

Very knowledgable, Tapper!



Yes. At least for now.

Wow! Thanks for the quick replies.

Just read a post in the FSM forum yesterday of a guy trying to organize a Mad Leopard week build in 72nd. First post includes a lot of info on available 72nd scale kits and references including some great pics.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=33620

Just read a post in the FSM forum yesterday of a guy trying to organize a Mad Leopard week build in 72nd. First post includes a lot of info on available 72nd scale kits and references including some great pics.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=33620

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/leopard/

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/leopard/

The Finnish 2A4's look particularily sharp in the splinter cam. Of course I'm biased 'cause my Wife is Finnish!

Jim

Poland is not buying any Leos - we received them for free from Bundeswehr stocks. Poland only covers the cost of removing them from storage and returning to active service.

Currently Poland has 41 Leopard 2A4 tanks.

Pawel

There is a great gallery of danish leo II´s on this site http://www.howitzer.dk among other danish equipment.

I personally think the polish leopard's would make an intresting model!does anyone have any photo's?

A small update: I think the Finnish purchase has been mostly completed by now and many of the Leos are in operation.




Congrats.

Here is a nice set of photos:
http://www66.tok2.com/home2/tankguy/PolishArmy/leopard2.html

Pawel