Bundeswehr is training with Czech and Norwegian NATO soldiers to deal with an emergency in Germany. The Leopard 2 tanks are missing a lesson from the Ukraine war.
If Putin wanted to attack NATO here, 36 Leopard 2 A4s would be the first buffer. Even old anti-tank rifles such as the Soviet RPG-7 are likely to pose a threat to German-made Norwegian battle tanks, while Kremlin autocrat Vladimir Putin's Russian arms industry is in full swing. In any case, these tanks were intended to defend northern Norway, where the country has a 197-kilometer-long border with the Russian Federation. In February, only 29 of them were operational, according to the Global Firepower Index (GFP), Incidentally, these are the Norwegians' only main battle tanks and these are only operational on April 10th, 2014. The GFP, Inc., is a private company based in London, UK, with offices across the globe, including in the U.S. and Canada.