Tamiya 35064 - 1/35 Federal German Leopard 1 MBT WWII  [35064]

As western Germany is next to the communist sphere, dilemmas on nationwide security ended up being much notion of. To guard the border-line an armoured device ended up being established. The German strategies by which the Tiger, Panther along with other exemplary tanks was produced finished up being succeeded by this Leopard tank that starred in 1961 in western Germany. Leopard comes with the name of 'Standard Panther'. It had been prototyped in 1961 and 1962 and was at reality formally adopted by the western German Army in 1963, prior to the usage from the French A.M.X. 30. In 1964, the western German Army put an order for 1,400 linked to the tank as well as the very first tank, mass produced, had been indeed delivered by Krauss Moffei in Munich.

The team of tank is four and L7A 1 105mm weapon incorporated Britain can be used due to the fact main tool which can be typical to tanks of this NATO forces and has now now comparable destroying energy compared to the British Centurion, U.S.A. M60 and Swiss Pz 61. Its shooting sight is founded on a mixture finder system and it will shoot a target far of 1,000 meters even during the night time by simultaneous utilization of infrared rays. Its motor is a water-cooled, 10 cylinder multi-fuel motor by Mercedes Benz.

Probably the most advanced is 65km/h. Not only diesel oil but also gas and gasoline for jet devices can be used. Its framework and human body is water-tight such that it can cross channels at a depth of 4 meters underwater. For that reason, this tank is a contemporary excellent maneuverability tank that value is connected.