“It will not be easy to copy and most likely Russia already has most of the information,” the source said.
According to him, there is no “export version” of Leopard. Machine orders are accepted taking into account the specific needs of customers.
The KNDS representative added that Russian specialists “will probably be able to understand something” during the study of the Leopard, but did not specify what technologies these are.
According to the publication, Germany provided kyiv with 18 Leopard tanks of the 2A6 modification and three more to Portugal.
It was previously reported that at least one German Leopard 2A6 tank, captured from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was sent to the Uralvagonzavod tank-building company for study.
According to Military Watch magazine, unlike the American M1A1 Abrams tanks, the Leopard 2A6 were not built for export, but were taken from Bundeswehr reserves. This means they may have “more sensitive technologies” that will be at Russia’s disposal.
