Wiesel Tank - German mini battle tank that has been proven in Afghanistan and Somalia

The Wiesel is a German light air-transportable armoured fighting vehicle, more specifically a lightly armoured weapons carrier. The vehicle was named Wiesel (“weasel“) because of its small size and agility, which make it very difficult to detect on the battlefield. tank wiesal awalnya was developed for the German Army to meet a requirement for an air-transportable light armored vehicle for use by its airborne troops, as the infantry of the German Bundeswehr, especially airborne infantry, were considered unprepared to successfully fight enemy main battle tanks (MBT) in the 1970s. The Wiesel was finally introduced as new weapon system for the Bundeswehr with deliveries beginning in the late 1980s.