The Brazilian Army has received the first of 220 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks from German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW).

As part of the contract signed between Brazil and KMW in December 2008, the company will modernise the tanks and develop and install specific Brazilian subsystems.

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The scope of the contract also includes provision of training equipment, simulators, driver training vehicles and local technical support.

The Leopard 1A5 main battle tank has been equipped with a main gun thermal sleeve, stabilisation system, and new tracks and skirts, as well as being refitted with an EMES-18 FCS and thermal sights.

The stabilisation system controls elevation and traverse to acquire and engage the target, while providing enhanced first-round hit probability.

All the overhauled and modernised tanks are from the reserve stocks of the German Army and are expected to be delivered by 2012.

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