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The latest variant of Germany's Leopard 2 series of tanks, the Leopard 2 A-RC was officially presented to the general public at this year's Eurosatory 2024 arms and military equipment exhibition.
The Leopard 2 A-RC variant is designed to respond to the new tank threats we see today in Ukraine, including cutting-edge technical innovations to improve its operational capabilities, namely:
The biggest technical novelty is its unmanned turret, or de facto weapon station or DUBS, which can be equipped with a classic 120 mm cannon, a new 130 mm Rheinmetall cannon or a new 140 mm Ascalon smoothbore cannon from the KNDS concern.
Otherwise, the KNDS concern consists of the German company Kraus Mafei Wegmann and the French Nexter.
Their new main battle tank has a built-in automatic loader capable of firing three rounds in ten seconds, reducing the tank's crew from one crew member to three compared to the Leopard 2, which, like the Russian T-14 tank, is housed in a ballistically protected capsule in tank hull.
The KNDS concern claims that the unmanned remote-controlled combat station reduces the tank's most vulnerable area, which is its turret, by as much as 30%.
The new Leopard 2 A-RC tank variant also boasts a new armor configuration that provides improved ballistic protection against various threats.
Its advanced modular armor system allows for rapid replacement and upgrade, allowing its armor protection to be adapted to current threats depending on the task the tank is performing on the battlefield.
In addition, the Leopard 2 A-RC tank variant features an improved active protection system (APS) that can intercept incoming missiles, significantly increasing the survivability of the tank's crew.
The Leopard 2 A-RC weighs less than 60 tons, placing it in the category of lighter main battle tanks dominated by Russian tanks such as the T-90M and T-14 Armata, and has a reduced height compared to its predecessors, with the Leopard version 2 A7 has a height of 2.64 meters to the roof of the turret, and the new Leopard 2 A-RC is twenty centimeters lower than 2.44 meters.
Najnovija varijanta nemačke serije tenkova Leopard 2, Leopard 2 A-RC je zvanično predstavljena široj javnosti na ovogodišnjoj izložbi naoružanja i vojne opreme Eurosatory 2024.
Varijanta Leopard 2 A-RC je dizajnirana da odgovori na nove pretnje po tenkove koje možemo videti danas u Ukrajini, uključujući i najsavremenije tehničke inovacije za poboljšanje njegovih operativnih sposobnosti, a to su:
Najveću tehničku novinu predstavlja njegova besposadna kupola odnosno faktički oružna stanica ili ti DUBS, koja može biti opremljena klasičnim topom od 120 mm, novim Rheinmetallovim topom kalibra 130 mm ili novim glatkocevnim topom Ascalon kalibra 140 mm koncerna KNDS.
Inače koncern KNDS čine nemačka kompanija, Kraus Mafei Wegmann i francuski Nexter.
Njihov novi glavni borbeni tenk ima ugrađen automatski punjač sposoban da ispali tri metka za deset sekundi, smanjujući time posadu tenka u odnosu na Leopard 2 za jednog člana posade na tri, koja je kao i kod ruskog tenka T-14 smeštena u balistički zaštićenoj kapsuli u trupu tenka.
Koncern KNDS tvrdi da daljinski upravljana borbena stanica bez posade smanjuje najranjiviju oblast tenka, a to je njegova kupola, za čitavih 30%.
Nova varijanta tenka Leopard 2 A-RC se takođe može pohvaliti novom konfiguracijom oklopa koja pruža poboljšanu balističku zaštitu od različitih pretnji.
Njegov napredni modularni sistem oklopa omogućava brzu zamenu i nadogradnju, omogućavajući da se njegova oklopna zaštita prilagodi trenutnim pretnjama u zavisnosti od zadatka koju tenk vrši na bojnom polju.
Pored toga, varijanta tenka Leopard 2 A-RC karakteriše poboljšani sistem aktivne zaštite (APS) koji može da presreće dolazeće projektile, značajno povećavajući preživljavanje posade tenka.
Leopard 2 A-RC ima masu manju od 60 tona, što ga svrstava u kategoriju lakših glavnih borbenih tenkova u kojoj dominiraju ruski tenkovi poput T-90M i T-14 Armata i imati smanjenu visinu u odnosu na svoje prethodne verzije, pri čemu verzija Leopard 2 A7 ima visinu od 2,64 metra do krova kupole, a nova Leopard 2 A-RC dvadeset centimetara nižu od 2,44 metra.
