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Defense Deploys Heaviest Vehicle to Combat Budel Wildfire

Summary by Omroep Brabant
On Sunday afternoon, the Dutch Defence Forces deployed the so-called 'Kodiak' to assist in combating the wildfire in Budel. The Leopard 2 engineering breakthrough system is the heaviest vehicle in the Defence Forces and weighs more than 60,000 kilograms. 'The vehicle can perform very heavy operations under combat conditions,' reads the Defence website. The vehicle's chassis is from a Leopard 2 main battle tank. It is over ten meters long and nea…
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On Sunday afternoon, the Dutch Defence Forces deployed the so-called 'Kodiak' to assist in combating the wildfire in Budel. The Leopard 2 engineering breakthrough system is the heaviest vehicle in the Defence Forces and weighs more than 60,000 kilograms. 'The vehicle can perform very heavy operations under combat conditions,' reads the Defence website. The vehicle's chassis is from a Leopard 2 main battle tank. It is over ten meters long and nea…

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Omroep Brabant broke the news on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
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