The Leopard or Leopard 1 is a tank designed and manufactured in Germany which came into service for the first time in 1965 and has been used in Germany, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands , Italy, Norway, Turkey and Ecuador (purchased from the remodeling chile 1V). This is a conventional design, armed with a German version of the barrel British 105 mm L7 known for his good speed across the field. The design began as a collaborative project between Germany and France in the 1950's, but the partnership ended and the Bundeswehr has placed an order for the final design. Production began in 1965 and produced a total of 6,485 vehicles, 4,744 of them tanks and 1,741 commercial vehicles and air defense variant, not counting the 80 pre-production prototypes and models.
Since 1990, the Leopard 1 has gradually been relegated to secondary tasks in most armies, the Army has acquired Canadian Leopard 2A4 units to replace the role of car main battle and the army in Australia is being replaced by the M1A1 Abrams. In the Bundeswehr was removed Panzergrenadier divisions and your job as main battle tank was replaced by the Leopard 2 in 1979.
Only Brazil remains the main battle tank eb her. Due to its geographic formation, it is not helpful to have a tank with higher performance
In 1980 he made an inquiry to investigate the future improvements to the Leopard 1, providing a fire control system modern and effective night vision system. As this would require more space was decided to base the updates in the first models were no longer competitive. Leopard 1 A5
The result was the Leopard 1A5 with new modified turret with a larger section in the back to save the new equipment as well as to carry more ammunition. The new tower also allowed to mount the 120 mm gun of the Leopard 2, but this option was not used. After testing, they chose the fire control system EMES 18 Krupp-Atlas Electronik in December 1983, developed from the EMES 15 Leopard 2. The EMES 18 had two new sights on the top of the turret, so that the bumps were not required of previous optical systems. A critical update was the introduction of new ammunition including APFSDS projectiles.
The first vehicle was delivered in 1987. Since then most of the users of Leopard 1 have made similar changes to their vehicles, and the 1A5 model is considered the standard of the Leopard 1.
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