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Who makes the Leopard 2 tank? — KNDS
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Who makes the Leopard 2 tank?

KNDS — the Franco-German group formed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Nexter — builds the Leopard 2 main battle tank, the PzH 2000 howitzer and the French CAESAR truck-mounted gun. With $3.3B in arms revenue in 2023 (SIPRI), its vehicles and artillery supply Germany, France, Ukraine and a dozen export armies.

At a glance

CompanyKNDS
CountryFrance · Germany
HeadquartersAmsterdam
Arms revenue, 2023$3.3 billion (2023)

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Sources2 sources

SIPRI Top 100 2023 (Dec 2024); Company public reporting

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