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Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks - Finnish Defence Forces. Mighty Arrow 2026 exercise, Finland.
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Leopard 2A4 in Finnish Army Arrow 24 exercise. Leopard main battle tanks are intended for destroying enemy armoured vehicles and providing armoured jaegers with direct fire support.
Leopard 2A4
The Leopard 2A4 is a German-made main battle tank designed and manufactured by the Company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the successor of the main battle tank Leopard 1. The version Leopard 2A4 constitutes the basis of today’s Leopard-family. The Leopard 2 is in service with Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands…
Leopard 2A6
The Finnish Army originally bought 124 2A4s from surplus German stocks in 2003. Of these, 12 were converted into bridge-laying and combat engineering tanks and 12 were disassembled for use as spares, leaving 100 operational tanks. In 2009, the Finnish Army bought 15 more German surplus Leopard 2A4s for spare parts of existing fleet, bringing the total number of Finnish Leopard 2A4 tanks to 139. On 16 January 2014, Finland agreed with the Netherlands to purchase 100 used Leopard 2A6NL tanks for approximately €200 million. In 2015, most of the Leopard 2A4s were moved into reserve, with some converted into Marksman AA vehicles and mine clearing tanks.
The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine.
Taistelupanssarivaunu Leopard 2A6
Käyttö: Taistelupanssarivaunujen tuhoaminen ja panssarijääkäreiden taistelun tukeminen suora-ammuntatulella.
Ominaisuudet:
Miehistö: Vaunun johtaja, ampuja, lataaja ja ajaja.
Aseistus: Pääase 120 mm:n panssarivaunukanuuna, kaksi 7.62 mm:n panssarivaunukonekivääriä sekä suojasavu- ja erikoisheitejärjestelmä.
Mitat ja paino:
pituus 10,97 m (putki edessä)
leveys 3,76 m
korkeus 3,03 m
taistelupaino 59 900 kg
Valmistusmaa: Saksa
Mighty Arrow 256
The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanised exercise Mighty Arrow 26 at the Pohjankangas Firing Range and Training Area in Niinisalo from 24 April to 9 May. Approximately 2800 persons will participate in the exercise, most of them conscripts and about 350 international troops. Almost 500 vehicles will be used in the exercise, including approximately 160 tanks and armoured vehicles.
Personnel and conscripts from the Armoured Brigade, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Jaeger Brigade, Pori Brigade, Army Academy, Defence Forces Logistics Command and Air Force will take part in the exercise. Allied troops from Lithuania and Estonia will also participate in the exercise.
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Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks - Finnish Defence Forces. Mighty Arrow 2026 exercise, Finland.
More Finnish Army: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoVrkyzq81gTunyjnVrHccCJXTEzyGBZh
More Leopards: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoVrkyzq81gROpH54RMCOUWOe6MEQmaDN
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Leopard 2A4 in Finnish Army Arrow 24 exercise. Leopard main battle tanks are intended for destroying enemy armoured vehicles and providing armoured jaegers with direct fire support.
Leopard 2A4
The Leopard 2A4 is a German-made main battle tank designed and manufactured by the Company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the successor of the main battle tank Leopard 1. The version Leopard 2A4 constitutes the basis of today’s Leopard-family. The Leopard 2 is in service with Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands…
Leopard 2A6
The Finnish Army originally bought 124 2A4s from surplus German stocks in 2003. Of these, 12 were converted into bridge-laying and combat engineering tanks and 12 were disassembled for use as spares, leaving 100 operational tanks. In 2009, the Finnish Army bought 15 more German surplus Leopard 2A4s for spare parts of existing fleet, bringing the total number of Finnish Leopard 2A4 tanks to 139. On 16 January 2014, Finland agreed with the Netherlands to purchase 100 used Leopard 2A6NL tanks for approximately €200 million. In 2015, most of the Leopard 2A4s were moved into reserve, with some converted into Marksman AA vehicles and mine clearing tanks.
The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine.
Taistelupanssarivaunu Leopard 2A6
Käyttö: Taistelupanssarivaunujen tuhoaminen ja panssarijääkäreiden taistelun tukeminen suora-ammuntatulella.
Ominaisuudet:
Miehistö: Vaunun johtaja, ampuja, lataaja ja ajaja.
Aseistus: Pääase 120 mm:n panssarivaunukanuuna, kaksi 7.62 mm:n panssarivaunukonekivääriä sekä suojasavu- ja erikoisheitejärjestelmä.
Mitat ja paino:
pituus 10,97 m (putki edessä)
leveys 3,76 m
korkeus 3,03 m
taistelupaino 59 900 kg
Valmistusmaa: Saksa
Mighty Arrow 256
The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanised exercise Mighty Arrow 26 at the Pohjankangas Firing Range and Training Area in Niinisalo from 24 April to 9 May. Approximately 2800 persons will participate in the exercise, most of them conscripts and about 350 international troops. Almost 500 vehicles will be used in the exercise, including approximately 160 tanks and armoured vehicles.
Personnel and conscripts from the Armoured Brigade, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Jaeger Brigade, Pori Brigade, Army Academy, Defence Forces Logistics Command and Air Force will take part in the exercise. Allied troops from Lithuania and Estonia will also participate in the exercise.
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![Boforst 155 mm BONUS Round For K9 Thunder Moukari SPG Mobile Artillery [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jKhGIRW59Fg/mqdefault.jpg "Boforst 155 mm BONUS Round For K9 Thunder Moukari SPG Mobile Artillery [4K]
[4K] Finnish army K9 Thunder (Moukari) SPG 155 mm howitzers can shoot many different kinds of munitions. Bofors BONUS (Bofors Nutating Shell)is a 155 mm artillery cluster round co-developed and manufactured by Bofors of Sweden and Nexter of France. It was designed to fulfill a long range, indirect fire, top attack requirement against armoured fighting vehicles.
The BONUS base bleed carrier shell contains two submunitions, which descend over the battlefield on winglets and attack targets with explosively formed penetrator warheads.
Mass 44.6 kg unfused
Length 898 mm unfused
Diameter 155 mm
155 BONUS is a 155 mm NATO artillery round that consists of a 47-kilogram (104 lb) heavy artillery projectile containing two autonomous, sensor-fused, fire-and-forget submunitions.
After the submunition is released it opens two winglets. While descending, the submunition rotates, scanning the area below with multi-frequency infrared sensors and LiDAR that compares the detected vehicles with a programmable target database. The submunitions each contain a high-penetration EFP warhead for use against even heavy armoured fighting vehicles like main battle tanks.
When fired from a 52-caliber barrel, a BONUS shell can travel up to 35 km.
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K9 Thunder Moukari
In July 2016, the Finnish Ministry of Defence announced that an undisclosed number of used K9s have been selected to be acquired from the Republic of Korea. The acquisition is claimed to be biggest of the decade for the Land Forces, whose both mobile and towed artillery face mass outdating in the 2020s. In February 2017, the Ministry of Defence announced that Finland will acquire 48 used K9s over a period of seven years starting in 2018, with conscript training on the equipment commencing in 2019. In November 2022 Finland announced to buy 48 more K9s. After delivery of all weapons Finland will have 96 K9 SPGs.
The K9 Thunder is a South Korean self-propelled 155 mm howitzer developed by Samsung Techwin for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and now manufactured by Hanwha Land Systems. It was developed to supplement and then replace the K55 self-propelled howitzers in South Korean service.
K9 is an indigenous system of an all-welded steel armour construction which is rated to withstand 14.5 mm armour piercing rounds, 152 mm shell fragments, and anti-personnel mines. The main armament consists of a 155 mm/52 caliber ordnance with a maximum firing range of 40 km; the K307 BB-HE projectile propelled by the K676 top charge has a muzzle velocity of 928 m/s (3,040 ft/s). State-of-the-art mobility subsystems include a 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) engine with potential for growth and hydropneumatic suspension unit, a requirement for Koreas rugged mountainous terrain.
Mass 47 tonnes
Length 12 m
Width 3.4 m
Height 2.73 m
Crew 5 (Commander, Driver, Gunner, 2 Loaders)
Maximum firing range 30,000 m (HE)
38,000 m (DP-ICM base-bleed)
41,600 m (K307 Drag reduction. Extended range full-bore base-bleed) 52-56,000 m.
Main armament 52 cal (155mm howitzer)
Secondary armament 12.7 mm (.50 caliber) K6 HMG
Engine MTU Friedrichshafen MT 881 Ka-500 8-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine 1000 hp
Power/weight 21 hp/ton
Transmission S&T Dynamics X1100-5A3
Suspension hydropneumatic
Operational range 480 km
Speed 67 km/h
K9 Thunder on Korean tasavallassa Samsung Aerospace Industriesin ja Korean tasavallan asevoimien vuosina 1989-1998 kehittämä ja 1999 sarjatuotantoon otettu raskas panssarihaupitsi, jonka valmistaja on nykyään nimeltään Hanwha Land Systems. Toimitusten päätyttyä Suomella on 96 K9-panssarihaupitsia.
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