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Main battle tank Type Multirole fighter
West Germany Place of Origin Multi-national:
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
Spain
1979–present Service Period and Status 4 August 2003
In service
Krauss-Maffei Designer
1970s Designed Period
Unit cost
2A6: US$5.74 million (2007)
Program & Unit Cost Unit cost:
£125 million
1979–present Production Period 1994–present
>3,200 Number Built 559
First Flight 27 March 1994
Empty weight:
2A6M: 60.2 t
2A6: 57.6 t
2A5: 57.3 t
2A4: 52 t

Combat weight:
2A6M: 62.5 t
2A6: 59.9 t - 61.7 t
2A5: 59.5 t
2A4: 55.15 t
Mass / Weight / Displacement Empty weight:
11,000 kg / 24,251 lb

Gross weight:
16,000 kg / 35,274 lb

Max. takeoff weight:
23,500 kg / 51,809 lb
2A6/2A6M: 10.97 m / 393 inches (gun forward) 2A4/2A5: 9.67 m Length 15.96 m / 52 ft 4 in
2A5/2A6/2A6M: 3.76 m / 148 in
2A4: 3.7 m
Width / Beam
2A5/2A6/2A6M: 3.030 m / 120 in
2A4: 2.79 m
Height 5.28 m / 17 ft 4 in
540 mm / 54 cm / 0.54 m Ground Clearance
4 Crew 1 or 2
Wingspan 10.95 m / 35 ft 11 in
Wing Area 51.2 m2 / 551 sq ft
Wing Loading 312 kg/m2 / 64 lb/sq ft
Powerplant 2 × Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan engines
Thrust Dry thrust:
60 kN / 13,000 lbf each

Thrust with afterburner:
90 kN / 20,000 lbf each
1,200 litres / 264 imperial gallons / 317 US gallons Fuel Capacity 6,215 L / 4,996 kg / 11,010 lb / 1,642 US gal / 1,367 imp gal internal
Road: ca. 340 l/100 km, ca. 340 km
Terrain: ca. 530 l/100 km, ca. 220 km
Average: ca. 410 l/100 km, ca. 280 km
Static test: 12.5 l/h, 72–93 hours (with 900–1,160 liters capacity)
Fuel Consumption
68 km/h / 42 mph 31 km/h backwards Speed Maximum speed at altitude:
2,495 km/h / 1,550 mph / 1,347 kn / M2.0+ - at 10,975m altitude

Maximum speed at altitude at sea level:
Mach 1.25

Supercruise speed at altitude:
1,530 km/h / 950 mph / 830 kn / Mach 1.5
550 km / 340 mi (internal fuel) Operational Range Range:
2,900 km / 1,802 mi / 1,566 nmi

Combat range:
1,389 km / 863 mi / 750 nmi - Air defence with 10-min loiter / Ground attack, hi-lo-hi (with 3 × external 1,000 l tanks)
185 km / 100 nmi - Air defence with 3-hr combat air patrol (with 3 × external 1,000 l tanks)
601 km / 325 nmi - Ground attack, lo-lo-lo (with 3 × external 1,000 l tanks)

Ferry range:
3,790 km (2,355 mi; 2,046 nmi) + with 3 × drop tanks
Service Ceiling 19,812 m / 65,000 ft
Rate of Climb 318 m/s / 62,600 ft/min
Thrust-to-Weight Ratio 0.0113 kN/kg / 1.15 lbf/lb - in interceptor configuration
24.1 PS/t / 17.7 kW/t Power-to-Weight Ratio
G-load Factor +9 -3
Main armament:
2A6/2A6M:
1 × 120 mm Rheinmetall L/55 smoothbore gun (42 rounds)
2A4/2A5:
1 × 120 mm Rheinmetall L/44 smoothbore gun

Secondary armament:
2 × 7.62 mm MG3A1 (4,750 rounds)
Armament
2A5/2A6/2A6M: 21 t
2A4: 16 t
Turret Weight
2A6: 3rd generation composite; including high-hardness steel, tungsten and plastic filler with ceramic component Armor
MTU MB 873 Ka-501 liquid-cooled V12 twin-turbo diesel engine
1,500 PS / 1,479 hp / 1,103 kW at 2,600 rpm
Engine
Renk HSWL 354 Transmission
Torsion bar suspension Suspension
10 seconds Vehicle Rotation Time (360 degrees)
2A5/2A6/2A6M: 360° in 9 seconds (electric) Turret Rotation Time (360 degrees)
1,100 mm / 1.1 m Vertical Obstacle
3,000 mm / 3 m Trench Crossing
1,200 mm / 1.2 m without preparation
4,000 mm / 4 m with snorkel
Fording Depth
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