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Leopard 2 and Leopard 1

Leopard 2 Leopard 1
Name: Leopard 2 Leopard 1
Type: Main battle tank Main battle tank
Origin: Germany Germany
Produced: 1979 1965-1979
Unit cost: 5.74 million $ (2A6) -
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Specifications

Main armament: 120 mm Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun 1 × 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7A3 L/52 rifled gun
Engine: MTU-12-cylinder-Diesel engine MB 873-Ka 501 MTU MB 838 CaM 500, 10-cylinder, 37.4 litres, multi-fuel engine 830 PS (819 hp, 610 kW) at 2,200 RPM
Speed: 72 km/h (45 mph) 65 km/h (40 mph)
Weight: 55.15 - 62.5 tones 42.2 t
Crew: 4 4

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Dimensions

Length: 9.97 m 9.55 m
Width: 3.75 m 3.37 m
Height: 3.0 m 2.62 m

Images

Leopard 2
Leopard 2
Author: "Leopard 2 A5 der Bundeswehr" by Bundeswehr-Fotos - originally posted to Flickr as Leopard 2 A5. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopard_2_A5_der_Bundeswehr.jpg#/media/File:Leopard_2_A5_der_Bundeswehr.jpg License
Leopard 1
Leopard 1
Author: Von Jorge Andrade from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 07SEP2009 - Brasília, Brazil (144), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12559725 License