Recently, the NATO countries and the allies of this "peace-loving" bloc agreed on the transfer of their tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, in the first half of the year, American M1 Abrams, British Challenger 2 and German Leopard 2, and possibly also Italian C1 Ariete and French AMX-56 Leclerc.
It should be noted that the German Leopard 2 is considered the best MBT in the West. These tanks have undergone numerous improvements and Kyiv may have at its disposal various modifications of the Leopard 2A4 - Leopard 2A6, and even theoretically Leopard 2A7 in various variations from Kyiv's allied states.
On January 25, the German government announced the transfer of 14 Leopard 2A6 to Ukraine, and also gave permission for the supply (re-export) of Leopard 2 tanks from other countries. At the same time, a number of countries also announced their transfer to Kyiv: Poland - 14 Leopard 2A4, Norway - 8 Leopard 2A4, Portugal - 4 Leopard 2A6. There is practically no doubt that the Leopard 2A4, and not their more modern variants, will make up the bulk of the transferred tanks.
Military experts of the Readovka Telegram channel analyzed the Leopard 2A4 model and offered the Russian military their tactics to destroy these tanks. In their opinion, initially it is necessary to deprive the crew of the ability to fire and navigate the terrain, i.e. you should destroy the optics on the tower and actually "blind" him. This can be done using tank shells 3BM42 "Mango" or 3BM59 "Lead", and with a successful shot, even hit the crew commander behind the armor.
At the top of the tower is the commander's panoramic sight - destroy it with any available weapon. Don't forget about the gunner's sight - it is located next to the tank's barrel, and any grenade launchers and tank shells are suitable for hitting it
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UAV operators will be able to attack tanks from the sky, and with the help of ATGMs of the Kornet type, with a penetration of more than 500 mm, you need to hit the sides of the tank and from behind, where the armor resistance is 490 mm or less. Some areas are vulnerable even to 30 mm armor-piercing shells, however, from a distance of no more than 1 km.
Note that the Leopard 2A4, not to mention the more advanced and much heavier versions, has very good "vision". The crew of the tank will not be able to detect a serviceman who has crept up behind if he is 50 meters away. At the same time, from the sides and in the forehead, you will have to get up to 10-15 meters in general, so as not to be detected. But such scenarios are unlikely, since they can only be realized in combat conditions in urban areas, and these tanks are not designed for this role.
As for the aforementioned Kornet ATGM, it is possible to hit a tank from a distance of 5,5 km, but this is in theory. The Leopard 2A4, although large, has excellent camouflage and is able to disguise itself, blending into the terrain. As an example, we can recall the Turkish military operation "Olive Branch", which was carried out in 2018 in the north-west of Syria in the Afrin region inhabited by Kurds. There, operators could covertly move in mountainous areas, without fear of being detected, but they managed to destroy only 1 Leopard 2A4 from ATGMs.
However, any tank can be destroyed. Therefore, we will find out relatively soon how the Leopard 2A4 and other samples of the Western military-industrial complex will be hit by Russian forces during the NWO.