The successor toward Leopard 1, the Leopard 2, had been manufactured in 1979. Many revision programs and options can be acquired the Leopard 2. these include the Atlas Elektronik automobile integral Command and Suggestions System (IFIS), an electronic digital electronic need and information system. The Leopard 2 has gotten technical improvements under Upgrading volume we and amount II programs. A fresh smoothbore tool, the 120 millimetre L55 Gun, is developed by Rheinmetall GmbH of Ratingen, Germany to displace the paid 120 millimetre L44 smoothbore tankgun regarding Leopard 2. permits effective usage of another APFSDS-T round, DM53 (LKE II), with a protracted pole penetrator, that'll be under development.