Leopard 2 - Best World Tanks / One of the best tanks in the world

German main battle tank. One of the best tanks in the world.
The Leopard 2 is equipped with a powerful 120-mm smoothbore gun of Rh-120 company Rheinmetall. The short barrel of the weapon makes it easier stabilization when driving a tank and makes it easier to balance; also increases accuracy on the move. With gun paired MG3 machine gun 7.62 mm. Another MG3 is in the turret hatch on the loader. Since 1998, the possible application of BOPS DM-53 (2A5).
In the world of tanks rating, which is Military Ordnance magazine consistently ranks first.
It refers to the machine costly. Weapons, ammunition in particular, the modification to the modification is stable are at a high international level. Recent modifications of the tank are protection of the forehead of the tower at the highest level. However, such a comparison is not correct with respect to the reservation later Soviet MBT 1985 (about the situation with the 80 Bundeswehr knew, what in 2015 wrote the German newspaper Die Welt).