Leopard Tanks Practice Live Firing during “Buffalo Attack”
April 1, 2025
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The personnel of the “Klapka György” 1st Armored Brigade carried out live firing exercise with Leopard 2A7HU tanks at the “Nullpont” Firing and Training Ground (in western Hungary) in recent days, Honvédelem.hu reports.
The exercise “Bölényroham 2025/2” (“Buffalo Attack”), named after the emblem of the “Vitéz Tarczay Ervin” 11th Tank Battalion, is of particular importance for the further development of the training plans for the new type of Leopard tanks.
The Leopard 2A7HU is the Hungarian version of the German Leopard 2A7+, renowned for its advanced technology and capabilities. These tanks feature high accuracy, a modernized, modular turret armor design, and can be equipped with additional active protection systems, offering enhanced safety and performance (protection against incendiary liquids such as Molotov cocktails or napalm).
Photo: Honvédelem.hu
The armored body of the vehicle is 7.7 meters long, and with the gun forward, the length of the tank is 10.97 meters. The width without additional armor is 3.76 meters and the height is 3.03 meters. Its firepower is provided by an L55A1 type Rheinmetall tank gun with a length of L55 gauge and a 120 millimeter gauge, allowing accurate firing from a range of up to 5,000 meters. The tank is also equipped with a 7.62 millimeter parallel-mounted machine gun, a 12.7 millimeter remotely operated machine gun, and 16.76 millimeter smoke grenade launchers capable of firing fragmentation grenades.
Photo: Honvédelem.hu
As reported by Hungary Today,
Hungary is planning to receive a total of 44 high-tech military vehicles by 2028,
marking a significant step in its defense modernization efforts, within the framework of the Defense and Military Development Program.
The first day of the recent exercise was spent on perfecting the camouflage and practicing the firing tasks, reads the “Klapka György” 1st Armored Brigade’s Facebook post.
On the second day and third day, tank operators conducted individual firing exercises in day and night conditions, and then concluded the exercise with a 72-hour platoon control combat session.
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