Author Topic: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks  (Read 125140 times)

Offline Gingie

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #150 on: April 11, 2017, 05:10:18 AM »
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #151 on: April 11, 2017, 05:50:51 PM »
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #152 on: April 11, 2017, 06:05:46 PM »
Ooh, they look good! 8)
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #153 on: April 11, 2017, 06:21:01 PM »
That is soooooo cool!

Who needs an S Tank now, I think my RAR Armoured Support Company, TD platoon may get six to eight of those instead of the S Tanks I had planned.

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #154 on: April 12, 2017, 06:29:15 AM »
Gulp... Very, very nice indeed.  8)
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #155 on: July 08, 2017, 11:00:21 AM »
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #156 on: July 10, 2017, 02:41:28 AM »
Good work!  8)
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #157 on: December 02, 2017, 04:40:49 AM »
From Panzer 46 FB page (Builder unknown)

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #158 on: December 29, 2017, 04:11:05 AM »
More on the RS90 MLRS:

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #159 on: December 29, 2017, 08:58:55 AM »
Never quite understood why you would want to mount an MLRS on a tank chassis, particularly when you have a road network as extensive and as well paved as Germany's to put your truck mounted chassis on.   Appears even the Germans eventually understood that.   Wasn't there also an attempt to put the rocket launcher turret on a Chieftain chassis?

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #160 on: December 30, 2017, 02:22:38 AM »
Never quite understood why you would want to mount an MLRS on a tank chassis, particularly when you have a road network as extensive and as well paved as Germany's to put your truck mounted chassis on.   

Maybe because they weren't always planning on fighting in Germany or wanted more flexibility?
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #161 on: December 30, 2017, 08:52:34 AM »
Never quite understood why you would want to mount an MLRS on a tank chassis, particularly when you have a road network as extensive and as well paved as Germany's to put your truck mounted chassis on.   

Maybe because they weren't always planning on fighting in Germany or wanted more flexibility?

Most of Europe's road network, East as well as West was pretty well paved by the mid-1960s.  I cannot imagine where they were thinking of going, except perhaps to Moscow (again) where they'd need a tank chassis.  Personally, I'd have mounted it on an M548 chassis if I wanted a fully-tracked vehicle to carry it.  Tank chassis tend to be over-heavy, inefficiently powered and well, a tad cramped for use as a MLRS.   What they wanted was a rocket which was shorter and fatter, not long and thin.   Rather like the US MLRS became...

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #162 on: December 31, 2017, 02:20:03 AM »
Most of Europe's road network, East as well as West was pretty well paved by the mid-1960s.  I cannot imagine where they were thinking of going, except perhaps to Moscow (again) where they'd need a tank chassis. 

By that argument, you would also argue that they did not need tracked vehicles at all...
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #163 on: December 31, 2017, 02:43:21 AM »
Most of Europe's road network, East as well as West was pretty well paved by the mid-1960s.  I cannot imagine where they were thinking of going, except perhaps to Moscow (again) where they'd need a tank chassis. 

By that argument, you would also argue that they did not need tracked vehicles at all...

Any paved road system can quickly be put out of action, so you need the capability to go 'off-road'

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #164 on: April 07, 2018, 11:19:17 AM »
Found on my workbench under a mountain of old sprues:

Two Stridsvagn 122 kits, two Leopard 2A6 kits, and a Leopard 2A5/A5NL kit, all in 1/72, all of them started.

Problem: one of the lower hulls is a total loss, all the suspension arms are broken off an half are missing.

Not sure exactly what tank configurations I'm going to build (could do an Strv 122 with the L55 barrel, could do a Leopard 2A6NL, not sure what else), but either way it looks like I'll have a complete turret left over.

Maybe use it as a coastal defense piece?

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #165 on: April 08, 2018, 03:02:07 AM »
it looks like I'll have a complete turret left over.

Maybe use it as a coastal defense piece?

Or put it on another hull - maybe a wheeled platform like a LAV or Boxer?
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #166 on: April 08, 2018, 06:31:17 AM »
Or put it on another hull - maybe a wheeled platform like a LAV or Boxer?

Nice idea, but it's way out of my comfort zone when it comes to required skills, and I don't have any donor kits. Unless I want to scale-o-rama the turret onto an 1/35 vehicle, which I have no plans to do.


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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #167 on: April 11, 2018, 04:58:29 AM »
Or put it on another hull - maybe a wheeled platform like a LAV or Boxer?

Nice idea, but it's way out of my comfort zone when it comes to required skills, and I don't have any donor kits. Unless I want to scale-o-rama the turret onto an 1/35 vehicle, which I have no plans to do.

If you did scale-o-rama the turret that would make the 120 approximately a 60mm gun which could be the current version of the one the Israeli's had in the 70s.

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #168 on: June 18, 2018, 03:20:35 PM »
Hello,
Eurosatory 2018, Leopard 2A7 and Leclerc-turret. Cooperation from Nexter and KMW (KNDS). Euro Main Battle Tank (EMBT) demonstrator.
Leoclerc ;) or LeLeo ;) .

here is a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPu9UR8L6R0
« Last Edit: June 22, 2018, 04:27:29 AM by Marderman »

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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #169 on: June 21, 2018, 12:45:35 PM »
Fan artist taking the T-72 turret idea somewhat further:
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #170 on: June 22, 2018, 04:22:29 AM »
Hey dy031101
I do it.




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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #171 on: June 22, 2018, 08:34:41 AM »
Hey dy031101
I do it.

I'm thinking of how it looks like after an armour upgrade, preferably in either an all-ERA (explosive reactive armours) or an all-composite applique setup  ;)
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #172 on: June 23, 2018, 02:20:09 AM »
I've actually got a plan to do an upgraded Leo 1 with ERA.  This would be a pretty much standard Leo 1 A5 with one of the current operators, possibly Greece.
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #173 on: June 24, 2018, 09:23:17 AM »
Leclerc turret on Leo 2 hull is a definite improvement in the looks department.  :-*

T-72 turret on Leo 1 hull -  not so much!  :-X
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Re: Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Tanks
« Reply #174 on: June 24, 2018, 10:56:45 AM »
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T-72 turret on Leo 1 hull -  not so much!


Maybe swap the gun out on the Leopard for the gun from the T-72?  Yeah, I know there is still the loading system and internal layout for the commander and gunner to consider but that is all on the inside and out of sight.  :)
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