The first Leopard 2 MBT equipped with the Trophy APS was rolled out on 29 October for the German Army. (Bundeswehr/Volker Muth)
KNDS Deutschland has ordered 123 Trophy active protection systems (APSs) for the German Army's future Leopard 2A8 main battle tank (MBT) fleet, EuroTrophy announced in a press release on 4 December. The order includes initial spare parts packages and services to integrate Trophy in the technical, operational, and logistic chain of the German Army, EuroTrophy said.
The Bundeswehr will receive its first of 123 Leopard 2A8s, for which Trophy is standard equipment, in 2025.
The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr: BAAINBw), signed a contract with KNDS Deutschland on 25 May 2023 for 18 Leopard 2A8s, with an option for 105 more, including spare parts and maintenance for five years, with deliveries of the MBT planned from 2025 until the end of 2026.
The first Leopard 2 MBT equipped with Trophy was rolled out on 29 October for the German Army. It was the Leopard 2A7A1 version and will be delivered to the German Army in mid-2025, followed by 16 more by the end of that year. It is undergoing testing by industry and Germany's Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 41 military technology centre.
Development of the Leopard 2A7A1 has provided important insights for the design of the Leopard 2A8, according to the Bundeswehr, which expects the integration of Trophy into a Leopard 2 to allow industry to make the Leopard 2A8 variant available to the Bundeswehr much more quickly.
EuroTrophy said KNDS Deutschland's Trophy order was the second in the last 12 months after the Norwegian Army selected the APS for its Leopard 2A8s. Norway is procuring 54 of the tanks.
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