JERUSALEM — With the recent deliveries of two Leopard 2A8 tanks integrated with the Trophy Active Protection System (APS) to Norway, EuroTrophy — the joint venture between Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, KNDS and General Dynamics European Land Systems — is looking to expand further across Europe.
“This procurement of Leopard tanks to Norway came at the right timing with the rebuilding of German armed forces and their tank fleet and we could join with KNDS and [the] German and Norwegian government[s] to create the new baseline of the Leopard,” Managing Director Dan Kalfus told Breaking Defense.
The Leopard 28A is what Kalfus calls a “benchmark,” and the system is expected to now be used on Leopards in Germany, Norway, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Croatia, according to Kalfus.
Kalfus estimates that overall, the system will be on around 200 tanks for Germany and Norway, and another 200 for the other four countries.
“Already some of them are produced. This is our major program, our main customer with KNDS and the German government,” he noted, adding that “any Leopard 28A that rolls out from the factory will have Trophy on it.”
