Kurz erklärt: Der Leopard-Panzer - seit Jahrzehnten im Einsatz

GRAFENWÖHR, BAYERN, DEUTSCHLAND 11. MAI 2017 QUELLE: AFP 1. Foto A German soldier stands in front of the tank type 'Leopard' during at a parking position the exercise 'Strong Europe Tank Challenge 2017' at the exercise area in Grafenwoehr, near Eschenbach, southern Germany, on May 11, 2017. MUNSTER, DEUTSCHLAND 13. OKTOBER 2017 QUELLE: AFP 2. Foto A Leopard 2 A7 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr climbs up a step in the context of an informative educational practice "Land Operation Exercise 2017" at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany, on October 13, 2017. MÜNCHEN, BAYERN, DEUTSCHLAND 2. JULI 2014 QUELLE: AFP 3. Foto An advertising banner is seen at a company building of the German armaments manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) in Munich, southern Germany, on July 2, 2014. Germany's tank manufacturer will go together with the French defense company Nexter Systems. A corresponding declaration of principles was signed in Paris, told KMW and the French Ministry of Defence. The merger of the two companies under the umbrella of a new holding arises a Franco-German defense technology company with close to two billion euros in annual sales and more than 6.000 employees. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOF STACHE MUNSTER, DEUTSCHLAND 13. OKTOBER 2017 QUELLE: AFP 4. Foto A soldier in a Leopard 2 A7 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr drives through the water in the context of an informative educational practice "Land Operation Exercise 2017" at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany, on October 13, 2017. THUN, KANTON BERN, SCHWEIZ 27. MÄRZ 2018 QUELLE: AFP 5. Foto A Leopard 2 tank fires a round during live-fire exercises at the Swiss Army armoured school of Thoune, on March 27, 2018. MUNSTER, DEUTSCHLAND 13. OKTOBER 2017 QUELLE: AFP 6. Foto A Leopard 2 combat tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr shoots in the context of an informative educational practice "Land Operation Exercise 2017" at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany, on October 13, 2017. RAS AL-AIN, SYRIEN 30. OKTOBER 2019 QUELLE: AFP 7. Foto A Turkish Leopard 2 tank fires its gun during clashes between Syrian regime forces, and Turkish forces, 15kms east of the northeastern town of Ras al-Ein, on October 30, 2019. MUNSTER, NIEDERSACHSEN, DEUTSCHLAND 20. MAI 2019 QUELLE: AFP 8. Foto A Leopard 2 A7 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr drives during an educational practice of the "Very High Readiness Joint Task Force" (VJTF) as part of the NATO tank unit at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany, on May 20, 2019. TATA, UNGARN 24. JULI 2020 QUELLE: AFP 9. Foto Leopard 2/A4 battle tanks are seen during a handover ceremony of tanks at the army base of Tata, Hungary, on July 24, 2020. MUNSTER, NIEDERSACHSEN, DEUTSCHLAND 20. MAI 2019 QUELLE: AFP 10. Foto A Leopard 2 A7 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr drives during an educational practice of the "Very High Readiness Joint Task Force" (VJTF) as part of the NATO tank unit at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany, on May 20, 2019.