Wisent1 is a commercially produced upgrade for Leopard-1 engineering variants. Many countries kept the Leopard-1 engineering versions even when they changed to Leopard-2s as MBTs. But at some point these Leopard-2s got too heavy to handle...

Enter FFG Flensburg with a privately developed upgrade kit (the main buyer so far was Denmark), that improves the armor on these older Leopard-1 variants, improves their power to be able to recover heavier Leopard-2s again and also comes with a bit of modularity for either classical tank recovery vehicle or more specialised de-mining or excavator (all three variants shown at the bottom of the linked page).

PS: The same company already developed a Wisent2 (upgrade for the Leopard-2-based engineering variants) but as those vehicles still perform adequately, the interest is low... for now.

[–] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I'm sure all mine clearing equipment has its strengths and weaknesses, and a "massive armored vehicle" with a plow is no different.

What I'm not seeing many of is a small maneuverable vehicle that can go into the treelines and take out the antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions.

There are a few in development like the Iron Caterpillar but not nearly enough to make the treelines safe for civilians.

[–] Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Who wore it better?

[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are these the ones Ukraine had to give up using and instead used infantry minesweepers at night?

[–] Ulara@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, Ukraine had to give up those temporarily, until it breached the Ruscist defence lines.