Leopard 2 or M1 Abrams?

Question

Best tank?

Same purpose, no? They are both main battle tanks, afaik.

Answer 1

M1Abrams, Challenger, L'Clair (sp), T-90S, Merkava Mk 4.....I'd say the latest model of Leopard II Main Battle Tank.

Abrams are fast, T-90s and Leclerc are faster. Merkava 3&4 are faster offroad.

All modern tanks can hit moving targets while they're moving. Leclerc and Merkava4 can do it even better through FCS-integrated autotracker and T-90 even much better through bore-launched ATGMs.

German Rh120mm/L55 tungsten, israeli-improved 120mm GIAT tungsten and russian 125mm BM-44 U-Ni-Zn-alloy rounds have the same power through higher velocity (1750-1800 m/s instead of Abrams 1650 m/s)

And in HEAT-rounds soviets always led anyway, their new tandem charge HEAT-round with DU-liner has 800mm RHA-penetration.

I think, what gives me the choice of Leopard, besides the german history of good tank design, is their ability to deploy infra-decoys and smoke screens to hide from enemy tanks and heat seeking missiles.

Answer 2

They are both excellent tanks, and are designed for the same purpose. They use the same main armament, 120-mm smooth bore cannon, although the M1A2 has the edge in mobility due to to using a gas turbine engine over a V-12 turbo diesel, and the Chabam armour affords better protection than the steel armor plating of the Leapord2

Answer 3

Leopard 2 with at the same height the challenger 2 and as close second M1 Abrams
The two first MBT's have just that little more extra protection that makes the differences

Answer 4

THE CHALLENGER 2 MAIN BATTLE TANK IS THE BEST.

Answer 5

there both good tanks but i think on the history channel
neither one won the #1 slot nor the #2 slot....

Answer 6

both are for the purpose they were designed for.