Norway buys Leguan bridge layers on Leopard 2 chassis.

The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) has signed, on March 21, 2019, an agreement with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the procurement of six Leguan bridge layer systems on Leopard 2 chassis.

Leguan bridge-laying system on Leopard 2 chassis (Picture source: Army Recognition)

In addition to the vehicle systems, training simulators and a peripheral package are also part of the procurement project. Delivery will start in summer 2022.

Norway has been using the Leguan on Leopard 1 basis for over 20 years and, as the eight user nation, is now proceeding to the next generation of a powerful Leguan system on Leopard 2 chassis. To date, armies from 18 countries have opted for the Leguan bridge system.

The Leguan Leopard 2 is a tracked bridge layer armoured vehicle, or AVLB (Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge) designed and manufactured by the German Company KMW Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann. The system unites the well-known mobility assets of the Lepoard 2 main battle tank and the interoperability of the Leguan bridge laying system, which is the successor of the armored bridge layer Biber.

Leguan bridge-laying system on Leopard 1 chassis displayed at DVD 2018 (Picture source: Army Recognition)