Leopard 1

The Kampfpanzer Leopard 1 is a main battle tank designed by Porsche and manufactured by Krauss-Maffei in West Germany, first entering service in 1965. Developed in an era when... Wikipedia

• Type:  Main battle tank
• Place of origin:  West Germany
• In service:  1965–present
• Wars:  Bosnian War, Kurdish–Turkish conflict, War in Afghanistan
• Designer:  Porsche
• Designed:  1956–1961
• Manufacturer:  KraussMaffei, OTO Melara
• Produced:  1965–1984
• Number built:  6,565-4,744 main battle tanks, 1,741 utility and anti-aircraft vehicles, 80 prototypes and pre-series vehicles
• Weight:  42.2 tonnes (increased on later models from original 40.0 tonnes)
• Length:  9.54/8.29 m (gun forward/rearward)
• Width:  3.37 m
• Height:  2.39/2.70 m (turret roof/absolute)
• Crew:  4 (commander, driver, gunner, radio operator/loader)
• Armour:  Steel: 10–70 mm RHAe
• Main, armament:  1 × 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7A3 L/52 rifled gun (13 rounds in turret 42 rounds in hull)
• Secondary, armament:  2 × 7.62 mm MG 3 or FN MAG (co-axial and commander's hatch) (5500 rounds)
• Engine:  MTU MB 838 CaM 500, 10-cylinder, 37.4 litres, multi-fuel engine, 830 PS (819 hp, 610 kW) at 2,200 RPM
• Power/weight:  19.6 PS (14.5 kW) /tonne
• Suspension:  Torsion-bar
• Operational, range:  600 km (on road), 450 km (cross-country)
• Speed:  65 km/h
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo