A7 has nothing to do with all thr A7+ family. in fact A7 was based on the combat record of canadian rented A6M and then upgraded by using dutch LEOPARDA6. since hobbyboss has already started their leopard rebirth project and A4M doesnt let us down...i will put my money on them(AFAIK they got 3 professional consultants at least and two of them knows things very well)[/quote] Ah, thanks. I was thinking that there was additional armor available for the 2A7. I knew the 2A7+ had a package.

The station is only fitted to the 2A7+ variant. Meng is doing the vanilla 2A7 without that and other LIC equipment

Regarding Meng's plastic, I was just starting on the Hobbyboss Leopard 2A4M kit and was thinking the plastic was similar to Mengs and not just in color.

How will having parts for a 2A6 help you with a 2A7? There are quite some big differences. Hull rear right side for one... Jim

A7 has nothing to do with all thr A7+ family. in fact A7 was based on the combat record of canadian rented A6M and then upgraded by using dutch LEOPARDA6. since hobbyboss has already started their leopard rebirth project and A4M doesnt let us down...i will put my money on them(AFAIK they got 3 professional consultants at least and two of them knows things very well)[/quote] Ah, thanks. I was thinking that there was additional armor available for the 2A7. I knew the 2A7+ had a package.[/quote] The 2A7 is fitted with the belly mine protection armour...as it was fitted to the leased Canadian 2A6M CANs....which in turn have become the 2A7s. The 2A7 has the ability to mount passive add-on armour if needed. The 2A7s in German service don't mount the add-on armour. Interestingly the 2A7's PERI R17 for the commander and the gunner's sight are the ATTICA thermal sight. This is third generation thermal and the imagery is amazing. The ATTICA thermal sight is scheduled as an upgrade for Canadian and Danish Leopard 2s as well.

How will having parts for a 2A6 help you with a 2A7? There are quite some big differences. Hull rear right side for one... Jim [/quote] I haven't started buying them, yet. I plan ahead, but won't buy anything before I start laying down paint on my current project.

A7 has nothing to do with all thr A7+ family. in fact A7 was based on the combat record of canadian rented A6M and then upgraded by using dutch LEOPARDA6. since hobbyboss has already started their leopard rebirth project and A4M doesnt let us down...i will put my money on them(AFAIK they got 3 professional consultants at least and two of them knows things very well)[/quote] Ah, thanks. I was thinking that there was additional armor available for the 2A7. I knew the 2A7+ had a package.[/quote] The 2A7 is fitted with the belly mine protection armour...as it was fitted to the leased Canadian 2A6M CANs....which in turn have become the 2A7s. The 2A7 has the ability to mount passive add-on armour if needed. The 2A7s in German service don't mount the add-on armour. Interestingly the 2A7's PERI R17 for the commander and the gunner's sight are the ATTICA thermal sight. This is third generation thermal and the imagery is amazing. The ATTICA thermal sight is scheduled as an upgrade for Canadian and Danish Leopard 2s as well. [/quote] now you give me another reason.to.revise and uograde the old.set...lol

A7 has nothing to do with all thr A7+ family. in fact A7 was based on the combat record of canadian rented A6M and then upgraded by using dutch LEOPARDA6. since hobbyboss has already started their leopard rebirth project and A4M doesnt let us down...i will put my money on them(AFAIK they got 3 professional consultants at least and two of them knows things very well)[/quote] Ah, thanks. I was thinking that there was additional armor available for the 2A7. I knew the 2A7+ had a package.[/quote] The 2A7 is fitted with the belly mine protection armour...as it was fitted to the leased Canadian 2A6M CANs....which in turn have become the 2A7s. The 2A7 has the ability to mount passive add-on armour if needed. The 2A7s in German service don't mount the add-on armour. Interestingly the 2A7's PERI R17 for the commander and the gunner's sight are the ATTICA thermal sight. This is third generation thermal and the imagery is amazing. The ATTICA thermal sight is scheduled as an upgrade for Canadian and Danish Leopard 2s as well. [/quote] The A6M tanks in Canada are the same ones we had overseas. Regards

A7 has nothing to do with all thr A7+ family. in fact A7 was based on the combat record of canadian rented A6M and then upgraded by using dutch LEOPARDA6. since hobbyboss has already started their leopard rebirth project and A4M doesnt let us down...i will put my money on them(AFAIK they got 3 professional consultants at least and two of them knows things very well)[/quote] Ah, thanks. I was thinking that there was additional armor available for the 2A7. I knew the 2A7+ had a package.[/quote] The 2A7 is fitted with the belly mine protection armour...as it was fitted to the leased Canadian 2A6M CANs....which in turn have become the 2A7s. The 2A7 has the ability to mount passive add-on armour if needed. The 2A7s in German service don't mount the add-on armour. Interestingly the 2A7's PERI R17 for the commander and the gunner's sight are the ATTICA thermal sight. This is third generation thermal and the imagery is amazing. The ATTICA thermal sight is scheduled as an upgrade for Canadian and Danish Leopard 2s as well. [/quote] The A6M tanks in Canada are the same ones we had overseas. Regards[/quote] You are correct Frank...I mixed up the logistics chain on the tanks. Canada kept the Leopard 2A6M CANs that were originally "leased" for Afghanistan. In turn Canada purchased 20 x Dutch Leopard 2A6NLs and provided them to Germany as payment for the 2A6M CANs. The ex-Dutch Leopard 2A6NLs have now been converted in the German Leopard 2A7s.