The successor towards the Leopard 1, the Leopard 2, was first produced in 1979. A variety of upgrade programs and choices are around for the Leopard 2. included in these are the Atlas Elektronik Vehicle built-in Command and Ideas System (IFIS), an electronic digital command and information system. The Leopard 2 has had technical improvements under Upgrading amount we and Level II programs. A brand new smoothbore weapon, the 120 millimetre L55 Gun, has been developed by Rheinmetall GmbH of Ratingen, Germany to replace the reduced 120 millimetre L44 smoothbore tankgun on Leopard 2. It permits effective usage of a fresh APFSDS-T round, DM53 (LKE II), with an extended pole penetrator, and which can be under development.
