Military tank norwegian army leopard 2 norway. 12 with brigade nords artillery battalion and 2 with the norwegian army weapons school with the reminder of the m109s having been put in storage. The leopard 2a5 main battle tank is a radically improved variant of the leopard 2. The current leopard 2a4 in the norwegian army is more or less a dutch a4 version with a few norwegian mods such as radios gps and bustle rack. It was introduced in 1990.
Norwegian armed forces air force navy m1 abrams the leopard 2a4 most widespread version of the leopard 2 family the 2a4 models included more substantial changes including an automated fire and. Components army navy coast guard air force home guard cyber defence force. The modern battle tank is the result of a century of heavy armored vehicle development. How the new version will be is anybodys guess but i suspect it will be digitized and it will have a rws nordic very similar to the crows 2 only better.
It looks like the leopard 2 tanks won the skating match. Norwegian armys plans to upgrade the leopard 2a4 main battle tanks mbts have been abandoned following the publication of the governments revised budget in may. Defence24pl found out that no steps have been taken so far as when it comes to the way in which the above would be done whether leopard 2 fleet would be upgraded or if norway decides to procure a new tank. Plans to upgrade the norwegian armys leopard 2a4 mbts have been cancelled.
By 1998 a total of 225 german army leopard 2 main battle tanks were upgraded to the 2a5 standard. A reduced mbt capability will be retained until 2025 when a new tank or an interim solution will. And is optimized to support the leopard 2 main battle tanks. Due to their strategic importance countries invest heavily on having the best possible one.
The norwegian parliament decided that the armed forces shall still have an ability to operate the main battle tanks.