The second tranche, from Leopard 2A5 onwards, has an angled, arrow-shaped, turret appliqué armour, together with other improvements.
The first encompasses tanks produced up to the Leopard 2A4 standard and are characterised by their vertically faced turret armour. There are two main development tranches of the Leopard 2. Some operating countries have licensed the Leopard 2 design for local production and domestic development. Various iterations of the Leopard 2 continue to be operated by the armed forces of Germany, as well as 13 other European countries, and several non-European countries, including Canada, Chile, Indonesia, and Singapore. Developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s, the tank entered service in 1979 and replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West German army.
The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT).
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