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Originally Posted by The Dark
It is a variant believed to be without the DU. They have a mix of M1A2 and M1A2S (which have the SEP upgrades). The Leopard 2A4's not a top-end model either. It's optimized for long-range combat, with a heavy glacis and light side armor, and left German service in the mid-90s as the improved A5s came out of the factory. Both the Saudi M1A2 and the Turkish Leopard 2A4 would have been top-of-the-line 30 years ago, but they're technologically behind the curve today. Using the performance of Saudi M1A2S or Turkish Leopard 2A4 to evaluate the capability of an American M1A2 SEPv3 or a German Leopard 2A6 or 2A7 would have about as much relevance as using the Challenger 1's performance with the Royal Hussars at CAT '87 to evaluate the capability of a Challenger 2.
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Hence why they have lost so many tanks. This is why so many developing countries seem to have such large tank fleets compared with many Western armies today. They look impressive on paper, but not so much when they have to use them in battle. The Turkish Army has ten times as many tanks as the British Army currently has (excluding British reserve stocks), but they would likely by shot to pieces by British Challenger 2's.