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The Leopard 2 Thread - Mechanized Warfare - Sturgeons House ^ The data from the UN arms register is a bit misleading AFAIK not all Leopard 1 2 vehicles are actually MBTs (but also armored recovery vehicles, bridge-layers, etc ) and some of them are currently owned by the industry That's a weird way to produce a tank But KMW's factories in Germany are busy, so why not let some work be done in the Greek factory, which hasn't been very busy following
The Leopard 2 Thread - Page 15 - Mechanized Warfare - Sturgeons House The barrel length of the L44 is given at 5280 , which works out with the rest of the drawings Yet, there is a problem The length of the gun assembly (muzzle to breech block mechanism end) is given at 5593 In my scaled drawings that length is about 5550 mm Also, the ~300-350 mm RHAe against KE estimate includes the trunnion block Using the approximate thickness efficiency of the turret
Contemporary Western Tank Rumble! - Sturgeons House It is honestly a bit depressing considering the Norwegian army is driving around in refurbished Leopard 2A4s, the armor is practically dead weight I guess the CV90 120 option sounds really tempting How did the French mess up the LeClerc's armor that badly by the way? Didn't they use several weight saving measures?
The Leopard 2 Thread - Page 4 - Sturgeons House The Leopard 1A3's fire control system and optics were derived from the contemporary Leopard 2 development; in particular the EMES 12 steoroscopic rangefinder, the PERI R12 commander's sight and the FL
The Leopard 2 Thread - Page 44 - Mechanized Warfare - Sturgeons House This thread sure was an exhaustive read It raised me few questions conclusions: Regarding the ex- Bundeswehr surplus 2 A4 around the world - at least three different hull turret armor combinations can be around: B B - Any given vehicle from the first five batches B C - Vehicles up to the fourth batch, which have been turret donors for vehicles from batches six to eight (C [or even D