A BRACE OF LEOPARDS     The Canadian Department of Defence has very kindly supplied the Tank Museum with two of their Leopard C2 main battle tanks, both in good running order. Tank Museum photo No. 7007.010 The C2 is described as the original Leopard 1A3 chassis first supplied to Canada (as their Leopard C1) in the summer of 1978, reworked with the newer 1A5 turret but fitted with the 105mm guns from the original tanks, all linked up to modern fire control systems. Tank Museum photo No 7007.002 The Canadian Leopards are now in the process of being replaced by the Stryker 105mm Mobile Gun System, probably one of the first occasions in any of the world's armies where a tracked Main Battle Tank has been replaced by a wheeled vehicle.   To view previous article(s) in this series, click here.   Numbered photos can be bought from the Tank Museum Shop (please note down the number of the photos you are interested in)	View Archive