By Victor Duda
The works are held by Bumar-Labedy, Rheinmetall and PGZ and other manufacturers. The execution of the contract is delayed, so the contract is made. As part of the modernization, the tower reservations were increased to the Leopard 2Pl. It is different from the standard machine. It is also noted that the KLW-1 Asteria thermal imager for the commander and the gunner is installed. The fire control system was adapted to more modern DM63A1 ammunition and programmed fragmentation and Fugas DM11 shells.
The Poles installed the electrical mechanism of rotation of the tower and movement of the gun. To do this, installed an auxiliary power plant. In addition, the 2PLM1 version has received improvements compared to 2PL; We will remind, on January 2 the media wrote that Lithuania has a shortage of spare parts for repair of LEOPARD 2 tanks for Ukraine. Poland has the same problems.
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