Talk:Leopard 2E/Archive 1

Percent manufactured
"About 60% of each Leopard 2E was manufactured in Spain, as opposed to 30% for the Leopard 2S, for example, most of which was manufactured in Sweden."

Confusing. Can someone clarify? —Michael Z. 2008-09-21 23:39 z 


 * 60% of the components are manufactured in Spain. For example, the engine (which is an MTU engine) is manufactured by Navantia.  To clarify, it has to do with the production of components, not assembly (which is done completely in Spain). JonCatalán(Talk) 23:48, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

manufactured in Spain (197 Leopard 2E tank and 12 Leopard 2ER recovery tank)

manufactured in Germany (22 Leopard 2E tank, 4 Leopard 2ER recovery tank and 4 Leopard 2E driver training tank)

Significance?
I pretty much have the same thing to say on here as on the AMX 30E article. I don't see how this is distinct enough from the rest of the Leopard 2 series to warrant an article - it appears to be nothing more than a sub version of the Leopard 2A6, yet there is no separate article on any of the other Leopard variants, such as the Swedish Strv 122 or Canadian Leopard 2's. I do think it would be a valuable addition to the main Leopard 2 article though. --L1A1 FAL (talk) 05:32, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Second thought, maybe it is distinct enough from the original Leopard, so disregard the above (I still stand by my statement on the AMX 30E article however). I also think that if it were folded into the Leopard article, much of the info would probably be lost, which would be a shame. I still have one concern though. Is it possible to get any English language replacements (I would suspect there might be a shortage however) for the Spanish language sources cited? Seems a little out of place to have sourced on an article that aren't even the same language as said article. --L1A1 FAL (talk) 06:16, 28 December 2010 (UTC)