Originally Posted by PzBrig15

lol..... I hope they had more.....
Betweeen , in Europe the Gouverments are reduced their Military equipment . In these Forums I didn `t found Persons ´they find it good.
The Nederland lost there 60 Leopard 2 A6 NL-Version at 01.May 2011.
So the Nederland and belgium did not have Main battle Tanks. I mean
that are a big Mistake.......

Maybe it seems like Russia needs to step up it's game and threaten the whole of Western Europe again to nessesitate further development of the Leopard. lol

Great photos by the way.

and more Pictures by the Exercises Battle Axe 2011 .
Dingo 2



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MOWAG Piranha IIIC / Belgium Army / Pictures by the Exercises " Battle Axe 2011 "

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CERTEX 2012 :

Belgium Vehicles and Soldiers by thze Exercises CERTEX 2012 .







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The new Dirtectly Fire Vehicle ( DF90 ) of the Belgium Army .
MOWAG Piranha IIIC DF90

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Nice photos but man that has to be the ugliest vehicle on the market, I take it they couldn't build it any taller without it falling over?

and more Pictures of the Landcopmonent Day 2012 :



and pictures of the Leopard 1 A5 BE . They reduce their Fleet in the next month .These Pictures are one of the last.......





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The DF90 was a bad buy. The 90mm gun is non NATO standard. This vehicle's price tag is almost 4 million €. The vehicles are not used (only training) and needs to be sold but up until now isn't.

How stable under firing conditions are they, it looks to tall to be a stable fighting platform for a gun of that size.

The 90mm gun was a Belgian political decision. It was a surplus from Cockerill. The Belgians (will) have 18 of them and are not used. They have tried the same gun earlier on a Scimitar but that resulted in cracks in the aluminum chassis after several firings. The DF90 was intended as a replacement for the Leopard tanks. It urned out to be a waste of money (4 mill € a piece). The operators also complain about the lack of a coaxial .50 machine gun.