Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank 1979-98
Contributors: Mike Badrocke (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: April 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781855326910
Subjects: History; Land forces & warfare; Military vehicles; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Military - Weapons; History - Military / War; Military; Germany; Military Science; History / Military / General
First sentence: The development history of the Leopard 2 - which in spite of its name is not simply a new version of the well-known Leopard 1 - began in 1963, when the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America signed an agreement to develop a common highly sophisticated tank, known as the Main Battle Tank/Kampfpanzer-70.
Notes: New Vanguard