Leopard 2a6 News Today

The repair situation is so dire that Ukraine's mechanics are damaging the Leopard tanks when trying to fix them on their own, Sebastian Schäfer said.

Photos and videos depict Leopard 2A6s with the 21st Mechanized Brigade, which also operated all 10 Strv 122 tanks—up-armored Leopard 2A5s—that Sweden donated to Ukraine.

“Preliminary reports are indicating that over half the Russian force failed to return to its starting positions,” analyst Donald Hill wrote.

Fast mechanized raids are one way the Ukrainians blunt Russian advances around Avdiivka. The raids are sustainable only because the 47th Brigade is aggressive as ever.

“I think the tank was hit by an RPG,” Vova mused on his radio channel as the Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 burned outside Avdiivka.

The write-off of a Leopard 2A6 extends Ukraine’s unfortunate streak of Leopard 2 losses.

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has adopted three models of Leopard tanks for the Defense Forces, the department announced on Telegram on Oct. 18.

The dismounted Ukrainian infantry know they’re witnessing something special: one of the world’s best tanks doing what Krauss-Maffei Wegmann designed it to do.

Ukraine’s German-made Leopard 2A6s operate at night and dawn, striking at long range while on the move. “Like a cat,” one Leopard 2A6 loader said.

A tank loader and a commander with Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade said the Leopard 2A6 tanks are giving it an advantage at night.