Nearly 30% of Canada’s Leopard 2 Tank Fleet Will Be Out of Commission Between 2023 and 2026: Federal Records

Nearly 30% of Canada’s Leopard 2 Tank Fleet Will Be Out of Commission Between 2023 and 2026: Federal Records
A Polish soldier navigates the Leopard 2 tank during a training at a military base and test range in Swietoszow, Poland, on Feb. 13, 2023. Michal Dyjuk/AP Photo
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Nearly 30 percent of the Canadian Army’s fleet of Leopard 2 main battle tanks, which number 74 in total, will be out of commission due to required maintenance for about three years starting this May, according to newly released federal records.

All 20 of the Canadian Army’s Leopard 2A6M fleet are set to undergo a “planned repair, overhaul, and turret conversion” in New Brunswick that the Department of National Defence (DND) says will not be completed until 2026, according to an Inquiry of Ministry tabled by cabinet in the House of Commons on March 20.