Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand said the country has sent its first Leopard 2 tank to Ukraine, in footage posted on Feb. 4. Anand said a Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft departed Halifax carrying the first Leopard 2 main battle tank that Canada is sending to the conflict, alongside NATO allies that include the U.S., Germany, and Poland. Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/9462743/ukraine-defence-minister-replaced-shuffle/ | Global News

There have been more than four decades of the Leopard 2 battle tank🇩🇪. Encased in more than 60 tonnes of advanced armour, its 120-millimetre main gun has a range of around five kilometres. It has a reputation for pinpoint accuracy on the move, with a fully stabilised main gun. However, its speed is what makes it such a deadly weapon - few other tanks can reach 70 kilometres (43 miles) per hour. Read more on this story here 👉 https://www.forces.net/news/still-going-strong-leopard-2-tank-celebr