Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 tested on T-62 tanks

The Ukrainian military tested its Western Leopard 2 tanks on captured Russian ones.

Ukrainian serviceman Andrii Nikonorov released footage featuring the tests.

The Leopard 2A6 was taken for testing, and the T-62MV was chosen as its target.

“The training was completed, General Kovalchuk personally examined it. We are moving east,” the soldier wrote.

The released footage shows a T-62MV with armor piercing.

Presumably, the Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 used a 120-mm DM-53 dart ammunition.

The DM-53 was created in response to the need to increase the combat effectiveness of the Leopard 2 main battle tank.

This round is designed and optimized specifically to overcome the dynamic protection of the enemy’s armored vehicles.

The DM-53 core is made of tungsten and WSM IV heavy alloy.

Ukrainian soldiers could also use the DM-63 round. The new German DM-63 can be used with any 120 mm smoothbore tank gun. Rheinmetall developed the world’s first highly effective temperature-independent tank ammunition, the DM 63 and the DM 53 A1 (the latter being an upgraded version of the DM 53).

This round stands out for its temperature-independent propulsion system, which ensures consistent internal ballistic characteristics across a broad temperature range.

As previously reported, in March of this year, Portugal handed over three Leopard 2A6 to Ukraine.