Author Topic: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks  (Read 125152 times)

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #300 on: August 27, 2023, 06:43:42 PM »
Another plot twist for Marderman to replicate (or what to do with a hull that has no turret)



https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/27/almost-100-leopard-1s-stored-in-the-open-in-italy-as-switzerland-blocked-their-transfer-to-ukraine/

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #301 on: August 28, 2023, 08:25:45 AM »
... what to do with a hull that has no turret ...

Time for a Minenräumpanzer Leopard 1 rebuild fitted with Keiler's flail gear?
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #302 on: August 29, 2023, 02:25:17 AM »
... what to do with a hull that has no turret ...

Time for a Minenräumpanzer Leopard 1 rebuild fitted with Keiler's flail gear?

Robotic version of...
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #303 on: August 30, 2023, 04:43:35 AM »
Robotic version of...

I like it. Basically, the control system would be no different to those of robotic combine harvester.

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Ukrainian sources refuse to confirm industrial espionage/sabotage of Moscow-based Cognitive Pilot.

For now, I'm leaning towards quickie conversions of turretless Leopard 1 hulls into manned MICLIC launcher platforms.
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #304 on: August 31, 2023, 02:53:01 AM »
Leopard 1 fire fighting variants



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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #305 on: August 31, 2023, 05:10:38 PM »
Hi friends,
I also have 3 fire fighting variants from Leopards

100_1417 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

100_1420 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

100_1424 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

greetings,
Mardermann, he can also do Leopard´s

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #306 on: August 31, 2023, 08:55:01 PM »
 :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and, ah, explode."

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #307 on: September 01, 2023, 02:11:15 AM »
 :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Scratch built?
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #308 on: September 01, 2023, 09:47:37 AM »
Excellent selection, Didi  :smiley:

Off on another tangent, I've had a go a MICLIC launcher conversion for surplus Leopard 1 hulls.

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #309 on: September 01, 2023, 05:10:21 PM »
Yes, scratchbuild.

100_1460 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

100_1457 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

100_1461 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

I built these 2 in 1999/2000. The mast is from a concrete pump metal model in 1/56.

100_1463 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

This one is a few years older. It was a project to clear the oil fields after the Gulf War.


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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #310 on: September 02, 2023, 02:14:53 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #311 on: September 06, 2023, 02:35:13 AM »
Ukraine has roundly rejected Russian claims about its military losses as it showcased what appears to be a fleet of battle-ready, German-made Leopard tanks as Kyiv's grinding counteroffensive approaches its fourth month. "The number of destroyed Leopards in the Russian Ministry of Defense's daily reports[...]is not correlated in any way to the number of Leopard 2A4 tanks in the Ukrainian Armed Forces," Kyiv's Defense Ministry wrote in a post to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday.

Ukraine Shows Off Fleet of Leopard Tanks in Rebuke to Russia (msn.com)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-shows-off-fleet-of-leopard-tanks-in-rebuke-to-russia/ar-AA1gbfew?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=36666300d921430fb7458a103d8d00a8&ei=22

UAFs Leo2A4 with ERA
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/167vmmc/uafs_leo2a4_with_era/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_body&embed_host_url=https://www.tanknet.org/index.php

source
https://twitter.com/AlexRaptor94/status/1697727249921741202

One of that new BN knocked out
https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1698001134395211840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1698001134395211840%7Ctwgr%5E1a91ea9543327cfa6715f69d13d7ef39d5020ca6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tanknet.org%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcoremodule%3Dsystemcontroller%3Dembedurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fi%2Fstatus%2F1698001134395211840

Marderman Bonus Meme
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #312 on: September 12, 2023, 08:53:18 AM »
I haven't seen any prior mention here of the unique Norwegian Leopard 1-based AEV conversions.

The NM189 Ingeniørpanservogn are distinct from the Pionierpanzer 2 Dachs/Badger AEV. Whereas the PioPz 2 has its boom arm offset to starboard, that of the NM189 is centrally-mounted. To accommodate that central arm, the fixed superstructure is bisected - with the crew of two sat on either side.

The actual NM189 Ingeniørpanservogn conversions were begun by Norway's Hägglunds Moelv AS in 1995. Some 22 x Leopard 1A1NO hulls to IngPv standard (some sources say 23). Forsvaret NM189 Ingeniørpanservogn are due for mid-lifes starting in 2024 - less the three NM189 AEVs that were donated to Ukraine in April 2023.
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #313 on: September 18, 2023, 02:03:19 AM »
Hi friends,
I also have 3 fire fighting variants from Leopards

100_1417 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

100_1420 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

100_1424 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

greetings,
Mardermann, he can also do Leopard´s

Love the third picture down! IABG (albeit the company headquarters of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH in Ottobrunn :D) was the first company I worked for in my career for over a decade
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #314 on: September 18, 2023, 07:40:33 PM »
What if....
DeGaulle wasn't such a dilettante when the German/French tank project was happening?

Compared to the 1962 Leopard Prototype B

https://tank-afv.com/coldwar/West_Germany/leopard-i.php

Stumbled upon 26 SEP 23
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/17/spanish-amx-30leopard-hybrid/
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #315 on: September 26, 2023, 07:18:29 PM »

German supplied Biber AVLB in service with the Ukrainian 22nd Mechanized Brigade

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #316 on: September 27, 2023, 01:01:46 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #317 on: September 28, 2023, 03:01:35 PM »
Anyone remember the OGRE game?


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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #318 on: January 18, 2024, 08:55:36 AM »


Commie vismods but what has seven roadwheels and four return idlers like that?

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #319 on: January 18, 2024, 10:30:29 AM »
Those firefighting tanks are very intriguing! I have a couple of hulls here that might fit the profile.

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #320 on: January 18, 2024, 10:51:41 AM »
Commie vismods but what has seven roadwheels and four return idlers like that?

My first guess would be a T-10, but that only has 3 return idlers... unless the extra is part of the vismod.

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #321 on: January 18, 2024, 11:02:51 AM »
Commie vismods but what has seven roadwheels and four return idlers like that?

The T-10 was my first guess too Frank. The only match I can think of for the return roller/road wheel count would be the MT-T transporter. The problem is, the road wheels just don't look right  ???
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #322 on: January 18, 2024, 11:43:29 AM »
Yeah, those are stamped road wheels like the BTR-50, and I don't think the road wheels are stamped on the tank Story posted.

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #323 on: January 18, 2024, 01:34:36 PM »


Commie vismods but what has seven roadwheels and four return idlers like that?

Must be the M60 version behind it. To bad can’t see the road wheels.

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #324 on: February 14, 2024, 10:50:03 PM »
Figure Marderman et al can benefit from my trip down a different rabbit hole.

Range targets or battlefield casualties from a TWILIGHT 2000 timeline?