KNDS Rolls Out First Leopard 2A8 Tank For Norwegian Army

MUNICH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 19: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (L), Norwegian Defence Secretary Marte Gerhardsen (C) and Bavaria state minister Markus Soeder give interviews in front of Leopard 2A8 NOR (L) and Leopard 2A8 (R) main battle tanks and a Panzerhaubitze PzH 2000 self-propelled armoured howitzer (C) at the roll-out of the first Leopard 2A8 NOR for the Norwegian Army at a ceremony at the KNDS factory on November 19, 2025 in Munich, Germany. KNDS is supplying Norway with 54 Leopard 2A8 NOR tanks and the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, with 123 Leopard 2A8 tanks. The Bundeswehr is alo aquiring a new batch of PzH 2000 self-propelled armoured howitzers to replace the ones Germany donated to Ukraine. (Photo by Alexandra Beier/Getty Images)