Germany’s Rheinmetall has presented its first new battle tank since the 1970s the KF-51 Panther, a successor to the Leopard and Leopard II of the Cold War era with a name recalling the Nazi era Panzerkampfwagen V Panther that served from 1943. The vehicle’s appearance has been widely speculated to be timed to follow the outbreak of war in Ukraine earlier in the year which led to newfound importance being attributed to armoured warfare in Europe. It has been rumoured that Rheinmetall has been working on a new tank since at least 2014-15, when a rise in hostilities with Russia followed by an unveiling of the Russian T-14 Armata next generation tank was seen to have added urgency to such a program. In this video we are going to take a closer look at what makes the KF-51 Panther different to the others.
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