The unusual new German brigade deploying to NATO's edge is bringing its most advanced heavy armor — the Leopard 2A8 tank

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Germany is betting on the Leopard tank for its new brigade in Lithuania. It plans to bring the Leopard 2A8, its most modern version that is adapted with lessons from watching Russia.

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Video appears to show a Ukrainian Leopard tank taking out a column of Russian armored vehicles

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A still from video footage showing a Ukrainian attack on Russian armored vehicles.

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Ukraine is adding cages to another NATO tank type as it scrambles to shield its armored vehicles

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A Ukrainian soldier drives a Leopard tank at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine in July.
A Ukrainian soldier drives a Leopard tank at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine in July.

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Russian vs. Western-made tanks in the Ukraine war

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Tanks are the apex predator on Ukraine's battlefields, with modern Western tanks facing off against Soviet-designed relics. But which country has the power?

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