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Note the barrel rings to mark which troop they belong to and cooling blankets for the turret and drivers station. Canadian leopard c2 heavily uparmoured with mexas m being deployed to afghanistan some cv90 like this cv9030n are fitted with mexas the canadian lav iii is utilizing mexas german fuchs fitted with mexas located in afghanistan during operation enduring freedom. When i first saw photos of the prototype back in 2000, i was stunned by what i saw. In 2000 a total of 114 c1 tanks were upgraded to the c2 standard to extend their service lives. This book is dedicated to the men and machines of a squadron, lord strathconas horse royal canadians, who fought throughout the summer of 2008 with the 2nd battalion royal canadian regiment battle group in afghanistan alongside other nato forces from khandahar to helmond provinces. The canadian leopard c2 mexas main battle tank prototype is available in injection plastic in 1. Battle tank leopard 2 2a6m afghanistan canadian forces in action pionierpanzer duration. Maple leaf models mlm10 worn leopard 1 roadwheels2 sets this is almost a complete and detailed conversion set.
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Michael shackleton is an authority on the leopard family and author of the leopard 1 trilogy published by barbarossa books 2003, which at 600 pages in three volumes is probably the most detailed history of the tank ever published. Oct 29, 20 lff03 leopard c2 mexas in afghanistan anthony takes an in depth look at the history of the uparmoured canadian leopard 1 that was deployed to afghanistan from 20072011. Real model modeler photo assistant canadian leopard c2 mexas in afghanistan 8. Apache near howzemadad, kandahar, afghanistan for op. Dozer tank is something a bit different and as stated. Lff04 leopard 1 dozer photo album an albumbased look at the dozer attachment fitted to leopard 1 by australia, canada and denmark. Wholesale and retail shop with plastic models of aircraft, military vehicles, ships, cars and accessories. The canadian leopard c2 mexas main battle tank prototype is available in. Also using leopard club work shop upgrades is almost a one stop shop. Aug 22, 2009 battle tank leopard 2 2a6m afghanistan canadian forces in action pionierpanzer duration. Vehicles sent to afghanistan in 2006 were fitted with mexas addon heavy composite armor kits.
Lord strathconas horse royal canadians, afghanistan 2006, and a vehicle. As a replacement for the centurion tank, canada acquired 127 leopard c1 tanks, in 2000 the 114 leopard c1 tanks in service were upgraded to c2. Now retired and has authored photo assistant books on canadian leopard tanks and the canadian leopard project dvd reference series on the canadian leopard tanks in service, and is an international consultant to model companies. Meng 5 leopard c2 mexas canadian main battle tank wdozer. The concept of this armor system was quite advanced when it appeared in the 1990s. Until deployment with the canadian forces in afghanistan the leopard 1 c2 had never seen active combat.
Canadian leopard1 c2 with mexas armour upgrade in afghanistan 900x675. The leopard 1 became the first fullygerman developed series of armoured. In 2006 a squadron of fifteen leopard c2 main battle tanks fitted with the modular expandable armor system mexas, a ceramic composite armor kit, deployed to afghanistan for combat operations. Leopard fact files lff04 and lff05 will help you here. Mar 03, 2020 the first production leopard 1 left the line in september 1965 and since then leopards have seen operational service in afghanistan canadian leopard c2 mexas, bosnia and croatia unprofor danish leopard 1a5dk mbt, kosovo kfor. The mission for the leopard c2 mexas ended with the arrival of leopard 2a6m and 2a4m can in the afghan theatre, and the number of c2s was reduced from 17 to 7 20092010. Takom canadian mbt leopard c2 mexas model kit 5 scale in model building kits. Canadian leopard 2a6m afghanistan 5 echelon echelon. Twenty leopard 2a6m were borrowed from the german army beginning in mid2007 to support the canadian deployment in afghanistan, with the first tank handed over after upgrading by kmw on 2 august 2007, and arriving in afghanistan on 16 august 2007.
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