[alleramilitaria]

not beating you up geoff, im agreeing with you.
if something is secret thats one thing but this is open news source stuff. its not anything thats hidden.

and by the way, you cant "sneak" anything thats 70 tons into that place without camras clicking.

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The Leopard 2A6M is a version of the 2A6 with further protection against mines. Canada has also announced its intentions to borrow 20 A6Ms from Germany for immediate deployment to Afghanistan in an effort to increase firepower and to increase protection given to Canadian troops operating in the south of Afghanistan. The new tanks all have turret electric drive as well as internal air conditioning.

The Leopard 2A6M CAN is a Canadian variant of the Leopard 2A6M. Significant modifications include distinctive black boxes mounted on the rear of the turret bustle, originally expected to be the new air conditioning unit but instead likely contains Canadian Forces designated communications gear (as they lined up with the new antennae stands)[4], and stand-off slat armour.[5] The first tanks configured in this variant are the 20 tanks loaned from German Bundeswehr, and as such are expected to retain the MG3 machine guns, while the ex-Dutch tanks are expected to retain their FN MAG machine guns due to commonality with existing Canadian stocks.[6] Due to the loaned status of the first 20 tanks, the air conditioning unit cannot be installed as only minimal changes could be made, while the ex-Dutch tanks are expected to receive more extensive modifications.[7]