The Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank was developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s. It replaced the earlier Leopard 1 series as the Main Battle Tank of the German Army The Leopard 2 first entered service in 1979 and has been continuously modernised and upgraded over the years since its introduction, serving with the armed forces of Germany and twelve other countries. The Leopard 2 has seen active service in Kosovo with the German Army and Afghanistan, and with the Danish and Canadian contingents of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Over 3,480 Leopard 2s have been produced since it first entered service. In 1963, the United States and Germany began work on a joint tank development. This was expected to ease logistics and supply for NATO. The new tank was known as the MBT70 and was quite a revolutionary design. Unfortunately, many of its systems were just too complex and expensive which eventually put an end to the project in 1969.
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