Strv 122 News Today

The Ukrainians want to fetch the Strv 122s to ship them to Lithuania for repairs. The Russians want the fetch the Strv 122s to inspect them and parade them as war prizes.

Many more Leopard 2 tanks have been damaged than have been destroyed—and the Ukrainians are having real problems getting the damaged tanks fixed and returned to service.

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.

Where most Leopard 2 losses have resulted from the one-two blows of mines and explosives-laden drones, the Strv 122 fell victim to a heavy anti-tank missile.

An operator has to choose no more than a dozen ammo types for its Leopard 2s, and program them into the EMES-15 fire-controls.

Three weeks ago, the Strv 122s’ fates hung in the balance. If the tanks survived the drone onslaughts, Ukrainian engineers might eventually recover them for repair.

Explosives-laden Russian drones damaged two rare Strv 122 tanks belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 21st Mechanized Brigade 10 miles west of Svatove.

At least six of the 62-ton Stridsvagn 122s—Swedish variants of the German-made Leopard 2A5—are visible in a video that circulated online on Wednesday.