ISIS claimed it destroyed 10 of the Leopard 2 tanks, dubbed invincible in some quarters, and while the terror group's estimates are regularly exaggerated, analysis of fighting around al-Bab in Syria puts the figure at 'at least eight'. Pictured: The remnants of one of the German-built tanks as shown in a January 20, 2017 Isis video recorded near al-Bab. It was reportedly blown up by a mine. In the background is a destroyed Kobra armoured personnel carrier
Daily Mail: The £4million German tank dubbed 'one of the best in the world' is shown up in Syria: Leopard 2 bought by Turkey to fight British-backed Kurds has numerous faults exposed in lethal fashion
* The German government has come under domestic pressure after images showed Turkey deploying the tanks
* From the late 1970s to today, more than 3,000 of the tanks have been built at a cost of around £4million a unit
* Turkey bought 354 of them, and has started using them to fight Kurdish fighters in cities in northern Syria
* But they are proving to be ineffective, with the tanks being picked off by allied forces as they are sent in alone
A German-made tank, which Berlin once dubbed one of the best in the world, has had its shortcomings embarrassingly exposed on the battlefield in Syria.
Photos from the Turkish military operation dubbed 'Euphrates Shield', which began in August 2016, show the charred remains of one of the Leopard 2 tanks which was reportedly blown up with mines.
The images - taken from an ISIS video published in January 2017 - show the tank with its turret completely blown off.
Other pictures from the same conflict show Leopard 2s standing idle in ditches and snow after being severely damaged.
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WNU Editor: I guess the Leopard 2 is .... in the end .... not invincible.
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