The £4million German 戦車／タンク dubbed 'one of the best in the world' is shown up in Syria: ヒョウ 2 bought by Turkey to fight British-支援するd Kurds has 非常に／多数の faults exposed in lethal fashion

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A German-made 戦車／タンク, which Berlin once dubbed one of the best in the world, has had its shortcomings embarrassingly exposed on the 戦場 in Syria.?

Photos from the?Turkish 軍の 操作／手術 dubbed 'Euphrates 保護物，者', which began in August 2016, show the charred remains of one of the ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs which was 報道によれば blown up with 地雷s.?

The images - taken from an ISIS?ビデオ published in January 2017 - show the 戦車／タンク with its turret 完全に blown off.?

Other pictures from the same 衝突 show ヒョウ 2s standing idle in 溝へはまらせる／不時着するs and snow after 存在 厳しく 損失d.

The 1970s-built armoured 乗り物s have been shown to be 攻撃を受けやすい in 戦闘 after 存在 （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd to fight Kurdish 兵士s 支援するd by Britain and the US.

ISIS （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it destroyed 10 of the ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs, dubbed invincible in some ４半期/4分の1s, and while the terror group's 見積（る）s are 定期的に 誇張するd, 分析 of fighting around al-Bab in Syria puts the 人物／姿／数字 at 'at least eight'. Pictured: The 残余s of one of the German-built 戦車／タンクs as shown in a January 20, 2017 Isis ビデオ 記録，記録的な／記録するd 近づく al-Bab. It was 報道によれば blown up by a 地雷. In the background is a destroyed Kobra armoured 職員／兵員 運送／保菌者

Photos from the Turkish 軍の 操作／手術 dubbed 'Euphrates 保護物，者', which began in August 2016, show the charred remains of one of the ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs which was 報道によれば blown up with a 地雷.?The images - taken from an ISIS ビデオ published in January 2017 - show the 戦車／タンク with its turret 完全に blown off

Turkish German-made ヒョウ 2 戦う／戦い 戦車／タンクs are 駅／配置するd in a field 近づく the Syrian 国境 at Hassa. 操作／手術 Olive 支店 目的（とする）s to 追い出す the People's 保護 部隊s (YPG) 民兵, which Turkey considers to be a terror group, from its 飛び領土 of Afrin.?So far の近くに to 200 Turkish and Kurdish 闘士，戦闘機s have been killed during the 使節団, によれば the Syrian 観測所 for Human 権利s

This picture shows what is （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to be a ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンク that was 完全に obliterated in northern Syria during 操作／手術 Euphrates 保護物，者. Its turret can be seen on the slope at the 味方する of the dirt 跡をつける. It was 報道によれば destroyed by a 地雷 during fighting 近づく al-Bab. It was first shown in an ISIS ビデオ 解放（する）d in January 20, 2017, and was still 明白な in the same 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in 衛星 images from February 7, 2017. Pictured inset is the 登録 plate of the 戦車／タンク - identifying it as a ヒョウ 2

Pictures and ビデオs from the 衝突 in Syria show that, in spite of its £4million price tag, V12 twin-turbo engine, 爆撃する made from 常習的な steel and tungsten and 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 42mph, the ヒョウ 2 is not faring 特に 井戸／弁護士席 on the 戦場. Pictured: A 本気で 損失d ヒョウ in Syria during 操作／手術 Euphrates 保護物，者?

A 兵士 診察するs the destroyed ヒョウ 2 with its broken turret as it sits 静止している in the snow in northern Syria, surrounded by 破片. It is believed to have been destroyed during Euphrates 保護物，者?

The German-made 戦車／タンク (pictured during 操作／手術 Euphrates 保護物，者), which Berlin once dubbed one of the best in the world, has had its shortcomings embarrassingly exposed on the 戦場 in Syria

This ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンク was shown 難破させるd in an ISIS ビデオ from December 22, 2016, purportedly 記録，記録的な／記録するd in the al-Bab area of Syria during 操作／手術 Euphrates 保護物，者. Its number plate has been 最高潮の場面d as part of 成果／努力s by 観察者／傍聴者s to 跡をつける the German-built 戦車／タンクs in Syria?

In late 2016, the 戦車／タンクs were sent into Syria to support Turkey's 介入 against ISIS. As the terror group w as 紅潮／摘発するd out, the Turkish Army turned its attentions to the Kurdish 闘士，戦闘機s, though the ヒョウ did not stand up to the 実験（する） of 戦う／戦い. Pictured: One of the 明らかに 損失d 戦車／タンクs shown in a 2016 ISIS ビデオ?

While the 戦車／タンク's design dealt capably with 条件s during the 冷淡な War against Soviet 闘士，戦闘機s, the ヒョウ 2 has 証明するd to be a feeble 軍隊 in the 戦う／戦い in the Middle East, 事実上 崩壊するing under 激しい 解雇する／砲火／射撃.?

Given that the 戦車／タンクs are 広範囲にわたって operated by 北大西洋条約機構 members - 含むing Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and Norway - it is 特に embarrassing to see them so easily destroyed by Syrian テロリストs when they are 推定する／予想するd to match the ロシアの Army.

一方／合間 Angela Merkel's 政府 has come under 国内の 圧力 after images showed Turkey （軍隊を）展開する，配備するing its £4million ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs during the 現在の 不快な／攻撃 in northern Syria, codenamed 操作／手術 Olive 支店.?

Olive 支店 is Turkey's first major 操作／手術 in Syria since Euphrates 保護物，者, 的ing Kurdish 軍隊s 含むing those from the Democratic 連合 of Northern Syria?- also known as Rojava. The 原因（となる） of Rojava has attracted many foreign 闘士，戦闘機s - 含むing Britons.?

Olive 支店 is Turkey's first major 操作／手術 in Syria since Euphrates 保護物，者, 的ing Kurdish 軍隊s 含むing those from the Democratic 連合 of Northern Syria - also known as Rojava. The 原因（となる） of Rojava has attracted many foreign 闘士，戦闘機s - 含むing Britons. Pictured: Where fighting is 現在／一般に 現在進行中の?

So far の近くに to 200 Turkish and Kurdish 闘士，戦闘機s have been killed during the 使節団, によれば the Syrian 観測所 for Human 権利s.?

At the turn of the century, when the political 関係 between Turkey and Germany was いっそう少なく fraught, Berlin sold 354 of its retired ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs to Ankara, によれば?The 国家の 利益／興味.?

It is understood the sale was agreed under a number of 条件s - one of which 存在 they would not be used by Turkey against the Kurds.?

While it's not （疑いを）晴らす whether the 条件 were ever 公式に agreed, until 2016, it appears the 戦車／タンクs were steered （疑いを）晴らす of any Kurdish 衝突.?

Britain 'turned 負かす／撃墜する 申し込む／申し出 of ヒョウ 2s two years ago' - but a 取引，協定 for the 戦車／タンクs could still be on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する?

The 省 of Defence 報道によれば 拒絶するd an 申し込む／申し出 from 製造業者 Krauss-Maffei Wegmannr to buy between 100 and 400 secondhand ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs in 2015.

It had been made as Britain began the £700 million search to 昇格 its (n)艦隊／(a)素早い of 挑戦者 2 main 戦う／戦い 戦車／タンクs.??

'They made that 申し込む／申し出 to us and we should have taken it but there was an arrogance: we invented the 戦車／タンク, we have to have a British 戦車／タンク,' a defence 産業 source explained.

Britain operates 227 挑戦者 2 戦車／タンクs, supported by thousands of armoured 乗り物s. Pictured: One of the 戦車／タンクs during a training 演習 in Kuwait?

Speaking to The Times, the source went on:?'There was a worry about 消極的な 圧力（をかける） headlines.'

The MoD was also 報道によれば 関心d about moving away from the 挑戦者 2, for which an entire support 網状組織 存在するs.?

But the 取引，協定 - which has not been 完全に killed - would mean Britain would have a (n)艦隊／(a)素早い of ヒョウ 2s at a time when the 戦車／タンク is receiving bad 圧力（をかける） for its 業績／成果 against テロリストs in Syria.?

The source 追加するd that Britain will not やむを得ず buy new 戦車／タンクs - could still （問題を）取り上げる the ヒョウ 2 申し込む／申し出.???

'If it turns out that buying second-手渡す would work out cheaper 全体にわたる then 財政／金融 is king,' the source explained.?

'If it is cheaper they will go that way.'

The MoD could still buy as many as 200 of the 戦車／タンクs for £2 million each.?

Britain operates 227 挑戦者 2 戦車／タンクs, supported by thousands of armoured 乗り物s.

A 広報担当者 for the MoD said the 政府 is committed to 延長するing the lifetime of its 挑戦者 2 (n)艦隊／(a)素早い.?

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But in late 2016, it was sent into Syria to support Turkey's 介入 against ISIS.?

As the terror group was 紅潮／摘発するd out, the Turkish Army turned its attentions to the Kurdish 闘士，戦闘機s, though the ヒョウ did not stand up to the 実験（する） of 戦う／戦い.?

This is in spite of its £4million price tag, V12 twin-turbo engine, 爆撃する made from 常習的な steel and tungsten and 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 42mph.?

The 1970s-built armoured 乗り物s have been shown up to be 攻撃を受けやすい in 戦闘 after having been （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd to kill Kurdish 闘士，戦闘機s, who are 支援するd by Britain and the US. They are pictured here with Turkish 兵士s standing on them 駅／配置するd in a field 近づく the Syrian 国境 at Hassa, in Hatay 州 on January 25, 2018, as part of the 操作／手術 'Olive 支店', 開始する，打ち上げるd on January 20

On January 24, there was 乱暴／暴力を加える over the use of the ヒョウ 2 (pictured) which were sent in to attack Kurdish 兵士s in the Syrian cities of Afrin and Manbij

One of its 製造業者s, the now-消滅した／死んだ Maschinenbau Kiel, was the 後継者 to Deutsche Werke, a 会社／堅い which built U-boats and trains for the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.?

When compared to the most famous 戦車／タンクs from that 時代, the ヒョウ 2 stands up very 井戸／弁護士席.?

The Tiger I 戦車／タンク, of which?1,347 were built by Germany during the war, could manage only a 28.2mph 最大限 速度(を上げる） compared to the ヒョウ's 42mph. The Tiger 戦車／タンク also had an 操作の 範囲 of just 121 miles compared to the ヒョウ's 340.

History of a 武器 that changed 戦争 forever: How the 戦車／タンク went from an idea to a 勝利者 of 戦う／戦いs

The idea of an armoured 乗り物 to be used in 戦う／戦い goes 支援する to at least the Renaissance.

Florentine polymath Leonardo Da Vinci is often credited with the first viable 計画（する） for a 戦車／タンク.?

And in the 15th century, a Czech general 指名するd Jan??i?ka 報道によれば 雇うd armoured wagons 含む／封じ込めるing 大砲s during 戦う／戦いs.?

But the 武器 as we know it was first put の上に the 戦場 in 1916 during the 戦う／戦い of the Somme - and was designed as a means of breaking through 防備を堅める／強化するd ざん壕s.

The 武器 as we know it was first put の上に the 戦場 in 1916 during the 戦う／戦い of the Somme. Pictured: The 示す I 戦車／タンク?

指名するd the 示す I, the 戦車／タンク was 極端に simple compared to modern designs.

Just 32 of the new 乗り物s were （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd during the Somme and they 達成するd only minor successes.

A year later, at the 戦う／戦い of Cambrai, 戦車／タンクs made their first major 衝撃 in 戦争.?

The British （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd 476 of the armoured 乗り物s against the Germans to 広大な／多数の／重要な 影響, but failed to 偉業／利用する the victory.??

During the Second World War, however, the 戦車／タンク became 決定的な to 戦争.

The main Soviet 戦車／タンク during the 戦う／戦い of Kursk was the T-34 (pictured), which was first produced in 1940. It had a 76.2mm gun and could travel at 33mph

The most famous of the 同盟（する）s' 戦車／タンクs was the M4 Sherman (pictured), a medium 戦車／タンク produced by the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs

One of the 同盟（する）s' adversaries was the 伝説の Tiger I 戦車／タンク (pictured), which had an 88mm main gun and 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 28.2mph

The Nazi Blitzkrieg - or '雷 war' - strat egy depended on 激しい armour 侵入するing 深い into enemy 領土 with support from the 空気／公表する as a means of encircling …に反対するing 軍隊s.

The 衝突 saw the 約束／交戦 of perhaps the most famous 戦車／タンクs in history - 含むing American Sherman, ロシアの T-34 and German Tigers.

In 1943, during the 戦う／戦い of Kursk, over 8,000 Nazi and Soviet 戦車／タンクs went 長，率いる to 長，率いる in the biggest 戦車／タンク 戦う／戦い in history.?

The main Soviet 戦車／タンク was the T-34, which was first produced in 1940. It had a 76.2mm gun and could travel at 33mph.?

One of its adversaries was the 伝説の Tiger I 戦車／タンク, which had an 88mm main gun and 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of?28.2mph.

The Nazis also produced the Tiger II 激しい 戦車／タンク, of which only?492 were made.

Its armour was up to 185mm 厚い と一緒に an 88mm gun and it wreaked havoc when first （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd against the 同盟（する）s at Normandy in 1944.?

The Abrams is a third 世代 戦車／タンク - with the first and second 世代s 概して corresponding to the Second World War and earlier 冷淡な War - and comes with 船体 armour as tick as 700mm

The most famous of the 同盟（する）s' 戦車／タンクs was the M4 Sherman, a medium 戦車／タンク produced by the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.?

It had up to 178mm of armour and a 75mm M3 gun, making it one of the most popular 戦車／タンクs of the time (49,234 were built in total).?

After the Second World War, the 冷淡な War spurred continued 開発 of the 戦車／タンク - which became heavier, larger and much better armoured.?

Guns also grew bigger and were given more sophisticated 的ing 科学（工学）技術.?

戦車／タンクs were also given new 肉親，親類d of 武器s - like the US M551 Sheridan (first built in 1969), which was equipped with?MGM-51 Shillelagh anti-戦車／タンク guided ミサイルs.?

One of the 戦車／タンクs considered to 代表する a 重要な 開発 in 科学（工学）技術, however, is the ロシアの T-14 Arm ata (pictured)

As the 冷淡な War 進歩d - in 1979 - the US produced the?M1 Abrams main 戦う／戦い 戦車／タンク, which remains in use to this day.

The Abrams M1 is a third 世代 戦車／タンク - with the first and second 世代s 概して corresponding to the Second World War and earlier 冷淡な War - and comes with 船体 armour as 厚い as 700mm.?

The earliest models feature a 105mm main gun and are 有能な of travelling at about 45mph.

Later models - 含むing the M1A1 and M1A2 - come with 120mm guns.?

The 未来 of 戦車／タンクs - the fourth 世代 - is 現在／一般に uncertain.?

One of the 戦車／タンクs considered to 代表する a 重要な 開発 in 科学（工学）技術, however, is the ロシアの?T-14 Armata.?

A main 戦う／戦い 戦車／タンク, the T-14 was first produced in 2015. It has?900mm of armour and a?125mm gun while 存在 able to travel at up to 56mph.????

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In December 2016, Islamic 明言する／公表する （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it destroyed 10 of the ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs (pictured in Germany), dubbed invincible in some ４半期/4分の1s, and while the terror group's 見積（る）s are 定期的に 誇張するd, Bellingcat's 分析 of the 衝突／不一致 had the 人物／姿／数字 at 'at least eight'

The Tiger's 兵器, 一方／合間, was weak in comparison - an 88 ミリメートル main gun compared to the ヒョウ's 120mm 大砲.? ?

On January 24, there was 乱暴／暴力を加える over the use of the ヒョウ 2, which were sent in to attack Kurdish 兵士s in the Syrian cities of Afrin and Manbij.

But 以前 the 戦車／タンク had spectacularly flopped in December 2016 when pictures 現れるd of it 存在 blown to pieces in the then ISIS-held city of al-Bab.

Islamic 明言する／公表する （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it destroyed 10 of the ヒョウ 2 戦車／タンクs, dubbed invincible in some ４半期/4分の1s, and while the terror group's 見積（る）s are 定期的に 誇張するd, Bellingcat's 分析 of the 衝突／不一致 had the 人物／姿／数字 at 'at least eight'.

The 戦車／タンクs were shown with their turrets blown clean off and destroyed by 爆弾s, 地雷s or 迫撃砲 解雇する／砲火／射撃.

While during the 冷淡な War they were （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd in numbers, they appear to be 存在 選ぶd off as they are sent in to 戦う／戦い alone.?

Berlin-Ankara 関係 have only recently started to 回復する from a 深い 危機 after Germany criticised the human 権利s 状況／情勢 in Turkey, 特に まっただ中に a 集まり wave of 逮捕（する）s に引き続いて a 2016 failed クーデター.

Germany has been 特に 怒り／怒るd by Turkey's 逮捕（する） of several of its 国民s, 含むing 二重の-国籍 Die Welt daily 新聞記者／雑誌記者 Deniz Yucel, who has been held for 11 months.

News 週刊誌 Der Spiegel 報告（する）／憶測d that Turkey 手配中の，お尋ね者 Berlin to 許す German 武器 製造者 Rheinmetall to 精密検査する its (n)艦隊／(a)素早い of ヒョウ 2 戦う／戦い 戦車／タンクs with better armour and defence systems, after several were destroyed by Islamic 明言する／公表する group jihadists in 2016.

Germany had hoped that this would 援助（する） 成果／努力s to 解放する／自由な Yucel, wrote Der Spiegel, although the 政府 has 否定するd any link.

産業の powerhouse Germany is a major 全世界の 武器s 輸出業者, a 極度の慎重さを要する 問題／発行する for many 投票者s who believe that 利益（をあげる）ing from 軍の 衝突s is une thical.

The far-left Die Linke and Greens 野党s have 需要・要求するd a 停止（させる） to all 軍の 協調 with Turkey.