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{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
The ''[[New York Times]]'' reported a [[Ukrainian]] brigade commander saying, “Its sensitive electronics go haywire when exposed to moisture or dirt…The soldiers have to put on special booties or slippers when they go inside to avoid tracking in mud, and each vehicle comes with its own vacuum cleaner…If you fire off two full loads of ammunition, you need to spend a day servicing it."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/world/europe/ukraine-mud-counteroffensive-weapons.html</ref>
The ''[[New York Times]]'' reported a [[Ukrainian]] brigade commander saying, “Its sensitive electronics go haywire when exposed to moisture or dirt…The soldiers have to put on special booties or slippers when they go inside to avoid tracking in mud, and each vehicle comes with its own vacuum cleaner…If you fire off two full loads of ammunition, you need to spend a day servicing it."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/world/europe/ukraine-mud-counteroffensive-weapons.html</ref>
Billed as the next great thing to help Ukraine win the war, Leopard proved to be a failure. The Russians destroyed them fairly easily using a variety of weapons ranging from artillery, to rockets launched by helicopters, to drones such as the Lancet.<ref> https://weapons.substack.com/p/abrams-tank-upgrade-is-cancelled</ref>
==Militaries that use the Leopard 2==
==Militaries that use the Leopard 2==