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TAMTYA

On Jüe ll, 1963, GmMy's Büdesweh

inviled

about two bundEd menboß ollhe

press

to üe amor

school at MunsErj in Lower

SdonX for tne uveili.g

of ften bew min banle lank. rhe Leopard. wnen

üe

Bmdesvelü

es fomed in 1955, M47 Panon hnl6

Icasd or olhc ise

provided

dre

Unilerl Slates

wF tne naißlay of its anored tbrces h was thus

decided 10 develop a new domeslially-büilr b.l

vhich would

beher

mätch thei o{T

unique needs and

The

fißt

production Lropard rvas

rollcd oul xt

KJauslMrffeit Mutch Lclory on September

1965 and

prcduction vent

on ro rcach arorrlol3,630

exmples 2,437 of tbes *eft operared

by Cemany

and !üe ert $6 also

purchdcd

by rhe nilibies ol a

laqe n@ber

of couties. including üe Nelnerknds

(463

tankt. Belsium

(334

ranls). No ay

(73

hks).

laly (720

license'built Lnftt, ed Canada

(ll4

bnls). flre

fi$t

fou

p@duction

batcn€s sere of lhe

original teopdd as woll as lhe inprcved Lspard a I

veiet. This ws fouowed

rhe

if.h batch

opard

A2 sd Al vadell) ond fmlly, the siih

balch

(Leopard

ldidt.

leopard Als were eqüipped

yith

slabiliz.tion sysren, adcks with

Eplace-

able

robb€r

pads,

and equipme rvhich enrbled rhe

fordine of nveß. A2s w@

ined witl a cast lrml

sith

enhanced amor

proloction.

ibproved an

NBc

(nnclear,

bioloeioal, and chemical wqpon)

ältes, üd a highly-oarsctive

pNsive

nignt vision

systen for bolh lhc driver md comandd. The

featued

a nesly-desicned selded tuftt, vhich wß

eqnipped *irh

spaced

md,

moBted onto the sane

huu s 6c 42. This new nd was longei add the

increäs in orerall Imglh provided

an exr! l.5rl of

crs conpartnent volmo.

The A4

wss the filal

prcduction

veia.t of the

Lcopüd dd lealured rhe sane tund as the

A3, but it

wls

equipe'l rilh a new tybrid-typc balllstic

conpurer dd a usly differdr 6E

connol sysrem

This systcn

aavc

tho comedd d all Neather

inlied

pmoßmic

sight witü Nhich lo dclcct rdgds,

sd the ldgeling inrdmarion

ws lhen fed to lhc

ballislic conpüter lbar contmllEd rhe 5l crliber L7A3

l05mn nain gun

The

gunner

opeEted a Zeissbuilr

EMIS 12 stotFscopic rangefinder

(l720mn

basis

lenEth,

I6x macnitcalion)

*hich

Drovided

oprially-shbilized merhod to acquiE iargets

Egardles oa the hnlt mor enent md .lso *red to

confim whdhe. the laser mgefinde. hd picked

üp

any lalsc icneions. This

piecision

sysren

Fedtly

Educed lbe mout of tine needed betwen ra.get

acquisilion

snd

äctEI fi.ing

md ako resllted in m

mense rnpdrenenl n

glMery

aftmcy.

Wnh a conbat weighr

ol42.4lo.s,

üe

A3 and A4

rverc 2.4 tons hcavier the

Lcop.id rdiants

rhdks

b üe

coDpr€h€nsiye

modificalions th.t $cte

fittcd. At l.4ln. rhcy were also slightly wder

due to

rhe inslallatioD

of hinsed side skilts. Power Ms

provided

by th€ sane engi.e äs erliÖr

yarioß:

liquid{ooled MTU M8333 CaM-500 $percheged

four'cycle v10

nuiti-tuel eDgi.e

which

had a

ndinm outPur of 3l0hp at 2.200IPn. Thus

lie

heavier Neishr Esulled in a reduction of the

powei

to weighr mtio by Llhplon b lg.7hpl(on,

od.lso

incEascd rhc

Sround

prc$!re

ol lhe hck

o.oaks/cn' to o.9k€j/cn . One

would

think thal lhcsc

tssues woüld negätively inpacl th€ Leopä.d A4t

mobilit, but in facl oveBll mobilit was actuauv

inp@ved

ihanks !o

rie iDsrallarion

of a rcN

autanalic tansni$ion. The GWS-2IIR-A tdsmis-

sion

Nas

made by ZF Fried.icnshlfen trd lcatured

two

selectio!

lerd6i

power

slop burton

which

could

cut

poNer

üansmi$ion tios lhe cnsine in

just

1.5

seconds, ihree oil

pressure

d oil tenpcmtc

wming lighrs, rnd ä cohputeriad cdnnol panel.

l1)e

hydraulic drile s'ßlen featured foü lonard and N6

Eveße geas, vhich could

autonltically

sclectod

accordi.C lo a mnße sct by rhe.lriver. The conool

fored.

ßveße, and tuning opeßlions could b€

@sily switched b€taeen artonatic !o banual

oodes,

d lhe selection leveß would be aulonatically

locked in

pl&e

if rhc rank

{as

loreling

at over 6kn/h

or th€ engine\ I?n wrs above 1,600.pn These

fe!tuEs helped reduce driver fatele od al lhc sa6c

linre increascd tlE lanlt

stadient

hve^e

capabiliE/,

accelention

perfomance,

and fd eftciocv.

The Lspdd's al:Irmont sruisred

of s Vickeß 5l

caliber l?A3 l05n'n

nain

sun,

which was $ widdly

uscd by NATO courrles rhat it

ooul,l be called a

NATo{btrdard tan}

su..

and No MGI

7.62m

nachine

gus

as secondary

mmeni Wlen uie

oliginal l-copdd N.s list

prodtrced

in 1965. ii w6

co.sidered to

be one of lhe best tan*s in thc world.

Al$ou8} the lrnk s mai. mrhenr

Emained the

sane for dl ofrhe varianß rhe lin,lA4 !.n'nf( fiE

contol slsrem upgndss r.d spaced

amor tshnol-

osy ennanced ils ofeßive and defeßive capabilities,

md .oupled wlth its 65hlh tolr

speed md 600kn

Fnse, alloved it to remin a o.e dr

üe

world\

finest

nain batde lanls even a deadc latm.

Exlenally, the 44 wäs easily

dislinelisned tun

earlier lcopards up io üc A? va.idr due ro rheir

diffeEnt

turet desisns. On tne oder hmd, üere wa

lirle ro dislingüish the a4

lion ihe A3 varianl. so

accunte idcndlication mr soderines

be diffcult.

However,

lhe ,A4 had slishly trllor dinensioß

bccause ir was eqüipped with

a comnandük

oßmic sight, so tnis

point

could be used ß r

identilir. 250 Leopdd

A4s seß

produced

betwcen

l9?4 and 19?6 ed they weie deplbyed to

Büdeswehr

units suoh !s

tbe

lotn Parzer Divüion

and lhc mor school. Thcy seived .s $e

nainslay of

Gedmyt amoEd forces mtil lhey wers eventnalty

rcplaccd by the newer Leopad 2.

Am t 1 Iui 1963 lud die Deülsche Bundeswehr ehra

zweitüden Piessgldre in die PMdßchüle Münster

in NiedeHchsen, ein, un iluen neuen Hauptkampf-

pder,

den leopdd, vozlsdllen. Als

die Bundee

wehr

1955

Ceeründel

qrdc,

bildelen

ecnielele

odei

mdefleirig in den vdinigreD

sraaten beslgte M47

P.non Pauer das Slandbcin der Pdetuppen. Mu

hade dlter

entschieden, einen neuen, ir. lmde

gebautm

?M* a ennvick€ln, welcher

be$er a den

besonderen ebener Anforderunse. üd Kanpraurga

Der ente Seien-Leopard mllte d

9, Septenber

1965 aus der Müncnner Fabrik von XmN$Maffei

üd die Fefrigüng lief bis

a einer CeemEa von

3.680 Stück. 2.417 davon würdd in Deutschldd

€i.geseul,

leme. wurde der Panzer auch von Mililin

einei

g6ßen

Z.nl von L:indm

gekauh,

darunter die

Niedcldde

i463

Paüer, Belgien

(r34

! ret,

NoNegen

(78

Pamo, llalien

(720

i! Lizeu

aebaule

Paljd) 6d Kdada

(ll4

Pozer) Die

eßren

lier

Produktionsihcn behfcn dcn uspdnglichen

leopsd wie aucn die

lerbesene

Leopad AI vari

te. Es folgre die fünfle Reihe

(Leopard

lnd

Vdianter) und scbließlich die secnslc Rcihc

(Lcopard

A4 Vridre), Die Leoprd A1 w@q

mil einen

Kanonen-Stabilisiemssysten ausserüslet, Ketlen

nit aurauschbdfl Gmniblöcken

Bd Aus!üstung

ergossenen

Tm nit veßtiükter PaMeong.

lerbe$ene Lun- dd NBC

(nukleä.,

biologisch

und

cheniscüe waifcn) rilter. daa bochwi&same,

pdsive

Nachßichtseritd

für FahEr wie Komn-

dmten. Der

besa! einm neu kdnsdiene!.

cesclNeiolen

Tlm, welcher nil Schichl-PMedng

äßgdüster

war,

nontied

auf einefr A2-Rumpl Der

ncuo Tum war fain8cr ünd der Gesxmdä.9e.

Zürvachs bot l,5nr mehr MaDsohafbmm.

Dfl A.l Nar die abschließdde SaieNdidte

des

Lsprd, sie hatte denselben Tum wie dcr ?\3, sie

aber nit einen

.euen Brllisrtk

Conpuler in

HybridausfütuungaüsgesbltelundcinenNengehend

ünleGchiedlichen FeüerleirsysleD. Dieses bot dcn

Konnmdanten ein€

^llweteFlnfrarct-

PanoFmasichla.zielcrfassungdcrcnzielkoordim-

ren.

die nr den Ballistik ConDuter wenersoleilel

sudd. eelcher die Kalibcr 5l L?43 l05mm

Hauptkanone stcuenc. Der Kanonicr bediente einen

bei Zeiss

gebauren EMES 12

stereoskopischsn

€ remugsno$er

{1720m

Basislänge,

l6fsche

vererößerung). welclEr eine optisch{labilisiede

Medode ru Zielerfassug bes,3. mabhängiC

von

der Bewcaug des PMeß, die auloldem ndch

beslätigen konnte, ob der

LiseFEntfemungsmcsor

irgendwelche f.lshe Reflexc aufgcnotuEn hate.

DiessPrüzision$y$emveEingea.edenzenau^land

ryishen Zielerf!$ung

md hhnchlichen

Feuem

erheblich, asälzlich etlab sicn eine

gewalrige

verbescrung in der Schu$senauisteit. Mit ei.cn

Kahpfgewicl von 42.4 Tonnd wtrd der Al

und

dcr A4 atrlsrund dcr cincebauten, umfaqrcichfr

Modifikarionen ür 2.4 Totuon schwerer a1s die

vorhcrigc. Lcopard-Varhnten. Mit 3.11mNtrcn sie

wesen des Anbaus

von

Sdnenschü*n

Schamie-

ren auch

geringfügig

brcitcr Leistua liefene der

cleiche

Motor wie in den liüheren

vdianten:

cin

flüsigkeitsgekühltd MTU MB 333 CaM,500

türboacladcncr vicrtrkl-vlo Metrkansofnoror,

der eine Maxinalleistung von 830PS bei2.200 l/nin

c.üichr iiihne z, einer

VcNchlehreruna des

ven*iltnisses

Leislug zu

Cwichl um I, i

PSI

auf

19,?PS/t ud erhöhte

femer

den Bode.dnck der Kctcn um 0,04kgcnr f

o,gke/cm'?. Me käinrc

heinen,

diese Wene wü'den

die Bewqüchkeit des Lsoptrd A4 beeinrrächtigm, in

wirklichkeil

aberenröhre sichdie Cesamlbcwcslich-

keit drnk

des

Einbaus eines neuen,

automatiscne.

CeEiebcs. Dio CWS-2HR-A Xnftüberhgüg sude

lon ZF Fnedriohshafen

helgestelll, hane zwci

wa hebel. eind Leistmglslotp

Knoll der die

KnRübcl1mgug vom Motor in

eer

de ml 1,5

öltempeüru.wldeuchten

;d ein ComputeF

Stcnemuli Dß hydnulische Anbiebsvshn

besaß

vier Vonärts'

^ei

Rüc[T:insgü4e, die

autonatisch nach der von Fanrer vorgegebenen

Rale

angewählt mrden. Die Sleuemg ron Voflütu.

Rüclüins üd Wende Mdöven konnle

leicht von

Aulomarik- aul Hedbclricb m8oshalrer werden

und die Wlhlhdbel *urden

aüromatisch in ihßr

Slclluns lestscscrzl. ebald dcr Pa.zer nit nehr rls

6km/h

tuhr oder die

Motordahanl

L600 l/nnr

übcrtmt Diee Merkmlc endastero. der lalrer üd

edöhten

gleicnzeirig

die sreicnihiskeil dcs Paüß

und seine Beschleunignng, dzu verbessden

sie

Die Bewafftug des Leopard

besrod aus einer

Vickcß 5l Kalibü L7A3 l05m Haüprk.none,

selohe

in den NATO Landem so weit veüeilet w,

da$ sie als die NATO-Standard ?anarkmone

bezeichnel

wer'le! konnte, d@

aei MC3 7,62mn

M.schinengesehio als Zwsnb.satfnüng. Ais

der

unp.ünaliclE Leopad eßnnals 1965

sebaut

wde,

sah

nan

ihn als en,en

der

besten Panze! der Welt en.

Obwohl die Hrlptbew.fhmg des P@ed lur

.lle

vdiaren

Bleicn

blieb, verbessefter die

Auläishngen in Feuerleitsy$en der ,44 Vdrnten

und dic Tcchnolo8ie der Schich9aüer0nß scinc

OlTensiv- und

Delosiv F:ihigkeite!

und verbunden

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