An Australian Army Leopard Tank
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The Leopard tank was developed in Germany in the 1960s.
The first production Leopard was built in 1965.
Low maintenance was a major factor in its design.
The tank is supported on seven sets of main road wheels per track,
the idler is at the front and the
drive-sprocket is at the rear.
Suspension is by torsion-bars which pass across the hull.
With preparation, the Leopard has deep-fording capabilities.
It can be sealed for nuclear and biological warfare.
There are four series of the basic battle tank, A1 to A4.
The A4 gained a new turret with spaced armour.
Leopards have been sold to at least the following countries:
Australia, where they replaced
Centurions
from 1978,
Belgium, Canada, Greece, Italy, Netherlands and Norway.
length: 6.94m (hull), 8.17 m (gun to rear) 9.54 m (gun fwd),
width: 3.25m or 3.37m with "skirts",
height: 2.4m (turret top), 2.62m (cupola)
weight: 40,500kg empty, 42,500kg loaded
engine: MTU MB 838 Ca M500 multi-fuel,
V-10, 4 valves/cyl, 820 hp (380 DIN) at 2200
speed: 65kph, fuel capacity: 980L, range: 600km
armament: 105mm gun with 60 rounds,
2 x 7.62mm machine guns, 2x4xsmoke-grenades
crew: driver, commander, gunner, radio operator/loader
variants:
Armoured recovery vehicle (taurus),
with 35,000kg winch, crane with 20,000kg maxlift.
Armoured engineering vehicle (badger).
Armoured bridge layer (beaver)
Leopard 2
A revised Leopard 2 was trialed in the 1970s.
It sported a larger and heavier hull with spaced armour
for greater resistance to ant-tank weapons.
105mm and 120mm smooth-bore main guns were developed.
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