The destruction of the Leopard II main battle tank by the Russian army will require research on the tank. The latest news, the Russian army began to repair the captured German-made Leopard-2A5 tanks. This model of tank is also considered a relatively advanced Leopard main battle tank.
The Russian army repaired and studied the Leopard-2 tank in order to understand the level of the German tank and find out its weaknesses, especially the weak links. If it is encountered again on the battlefield, the Russian army will be able to crush it with one blow.
This time, the tracks of the tank that were studied are gone, which shows that this track is a very weak link on the battlefield, and once the tracks of the tank are broken, the tank is basically scrapped. The terrain in Ukraine is relatively special, especially from last year to the first half of this year, the ground is relatively muddy, and the consumption of tanks in the rainy season and snow days is also relatively large. Any type of tank can not just live in an ideal state, a variety of terrain, a variety of soils must be experienced.
There is also a hole in the tank, and this hole is obviously pierced by some kind of anti-tank weapon, indicating that the tank has also suffered a blow from an anti-tank weapon, and this blow may have hit the track, and it may have also hit the tank itself, causing a hole in the hole. The inside of the tank is also in tatters, and there are a lot of unused ammunition, indicating that the tank has not been destroyed. In the event of a martyrdom, the tank may be completely scrapped and not worth repairing.
Russian engineers, having studied the tank, came to two conclusions. He said that the German armor protection was not designed conveniently, and the space was too narrow for the crew to get in and out of the vehicle. After the tank is hit, it is more difficult for the crew to run, because its armor protection seems to be designed to be very thick, which makes it very inconvenient for personnel to enter and exit, which is a point.
In particular, he noted that the Leopard-2A5 is inferior to the T-90. And the T-90 is not the most advanced tank in Russia, the Armata tank is the most advanced.
In addition, he also pointed out that the biggest disadvantage of the Leopard tank is that the electronic components are complex and numerous, and there is almost no way to repair them on the battlefield, so they can only be pulled to the rear for maintenance. He pointed out that a lot of work, including the T-90 tank, is done manually, does not need to be automated, and can be repaired on the battlefield, and does not need to be as complex as the Leopard tank, and the more complex things are, the lower the reliability and the worse the safety. Therefore, Russia is studying the Leopard II tank in order to find the Achilles' heel of this tank, and it will know how to hit it when it encounters it again on the battlefield.