foreign [Music] the German Leopard 2 tank versus the Russian T90 tank these are two of the advanced tanks in the world today and both have seen combat in various conflicts in this video we will take a look at the Tactical specifications of each tank as well as their performance in real world scenarios first let's take a look at the German Leopard tube The Leopard 2 is a third generation main battle tank that was first introduced in 1979 it has undergone several upgrades over the years and is currently in service with the German Dutch and Norwegian armies among others the leopard who is powered by a one thousand five hundred horsepower diesel engine which allows it to reach a top speed of 72 kilometers per hour or 45 miles per hour on road and 50 kilometers per hour or 31 miles per hour off-road it has a range of approximately 550 kilometers or 342 miles on road and 350 kilometers or 217 miles off-road The Leopard 2 is armed with a 120 millimeter smoothbore cannon can fire a variety of different rounds including heat ipfsds and Hesh it also has a 7.62 millimeters coaxial machine gun and a 12.7 millimeters and the aircraft machine gun the leopard tool also has advanced Optics and Fire Control Systems as well as an active defense system can detect and intercept incoming projectiles now let's take a look at the Russian T90 the T90 is a third generation main battle tank that was first introduced in 1992.
