Tank Leopard 3D model

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The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank that Krauss-Maffei developed in the 1970s for the West German Army. It entered service in 1979, succeeding the earlier Leopard 1 as the primary battle tank of the German Army. The tank is equipped with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon and powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and twelve other European countries, plus several non-European nations like Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Singapore, and Turkey. The Leopard 2 saw action in Kosovo with the German Army, and has been used in Afghanistan with Dutch, Danish, and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force, as well as being deployed in Syria by the Turkish Armed Forces against ISIS and the YPG. There are two main development batches of the tank: the original models up to Leopard 2A4, which have vertically faced turret armor, and the improved batch, including the Leopard 2A5 and newer versions, which feature angled arrow-shaped turret appliqué armor along with other enhancements. All models boast digital fire control systems with laser rangefinders, a fully stabilized main gun and coaxial machine gun, and advanced night vision and sighting equipment (initial vehicles used low-light level TV systems or LLLTV; thermal imaging was introduced later on). The tank can engage moving targets while navigating rough terrain.