Hungary’s Leopard 2 tanks are intended to replace its existing T-72s—but there is little chance that it will donate the older tanks to Ukraine, as other NATO nations have.

Croatia intends to use the Leopards to phase out its aging Yugoslav-era T-84 tanks—which are likely to be donated to Ukraine as the replacement goes on.

Lithuania is preparing to build several dozen Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks at an upcoming facility in Kaunas.

EADaily, January 6th, 2026. Servicemen of the "Southern" grouping of troops near Konstantinovka destroyed a German Leopard ...

What You Need to Know: Germany and Lithuania are bolstering their tank forces with the acquisition of the advanced Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks (MBTs). Lithuania plans to form a new tank battalion ...

Ukraine has outfitted another NATO tank type with unusual cage armor. The steel screens help protect German-made Leopard tanks from inbound Russian munitions. The screens, made by Rinat Akhmetov's ...

Soldiers and guests look at a Leopard 2 A8 tank for the Norwegian armed forces at a KNDS plant near Munich on Nov. 19, 2025. (Michaela Stache/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — KNDS, the French-German ...

Tatra Defence (TD), a member of the CSG Group, and KNDS Deutschland announced that they have signed a contract for the ...

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