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Tunisia eyes German Leopard 2A5 Main Battle Tanks

Kazim Abdul by Kazim Abdul
January 15, 2022
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The Tunisian Army is reported to be in discussions with Germany to acquire Leopard 2A5 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) to help combat the Islamic State.

There are no official statements on this issue yet except for unverified reports from independent news sources.

In 2014, Germany had set up a weapons funding program to acquire military hardware to help Tunisia combat ISIS.

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The Leopard 2A5 main battle tank is an improved variant of the Leopard 2 MBT introduced in 1990, and if confirmed, such a buy would significantly boost Tunisia’s armoured capabilities currently served by elderly 84 main M60 battle tanks and 48 SK-105 Kürassier light tanks armed with a 105 mm cannon.

The Leopard 2A5 has been equipped with new improved armor. The turret is fitted with a wedge-shaped add-on modular armor. The front of the hull is fitted with add-on modular armor panels.

The main armament of the Leopard 2A5 includes a 120 mm/L55 smoothbore tank gun which is a direct replacement for the 120 mm/L44 smoothbore tank gun fitted to the previous version of the Leopard 2 MBT. A 7.62 mm machine gun is mounted coaxially to the left of the main armament and a similar weapon can be mounted on the loader’s hatch. Mounted on either side of the

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