First Leopard 2A7, Leguan 2HU tanks inaugurated at Tata base – VIDEO
Hungary took delivery of the first Leopard 2A7HU tank, Leguan 2HU bridge-laying tank and a Wisent 2HU armoured support vehicle in a ceremony at the Tata military base on Thursday.
Addressing the event, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said the armoured vehicles were the world’s most advanced military vehicles, “more advanced than those of the German army’s”.
Hungary has ordered 44 “top-notch-technology” Leopard tanks to be delivered by 2028, he said, adding that altogether 3 Leguan tanks and 5 Wisents had been ordered along with other special military vehicles, simulators and spare-parts.
“The Leopards form the basic fleet of the military forces of 20 countries and the type developed for Hungary will serve as a basic model for developing the new, A8 configuration,” the minister said.
Source: MTI
Hungarians may be surprised when in the near future Germany, Sweden and other EU countries will stop supplying weapons and parts to Hungary because the attitude of the Orban government toward EU. The US has already limited the weapons it will provide to Hungary.