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Leopard 1 Amphibious 8 wheels Tank Destroyer 105mm Gun Variant

Leopard 1 Turret Up Gunned Auto Loading NATO 120mm Gun Battle Tank Variant

Leopard 1 SG Main Battle Tank NATO 120mm Variant

18 rounds inside the autoloader magazine with additional 22 rounds in the chassis

Cost Analysis	US$
Used Original Leopard 1 105mm Gun Turret	0.75 million
8 wheels Amphibious IFV Chassis with alteration	2.75 million
Total Cost	3.50 million

Cost Analysis	US$
Slovak Made Turret with French 120mm Gun	2.50 million
Used Leopard 1 Original Chassis with no alteration	0.75 million
Total Cost	3.25 million

Leopard 1 Original Chassis Up Gunned with French 120 mm Gun mounted on Slovak made Turret

Combined Turret & Chassis Statistic

Tank VehWt FuelType FuelCap FuelCons TrMov ComMov Load Crew Mnt

Leopard 1 40T D,G,A 800 200 130/80 30/20 700kg 3 8

Tank Stabili. Susp Config RF HF HS HR TF TS TR Ammo

Leopard 1 Good T:6 Trt +4 26 7 5 65-Cp 20 10 18x120mm

Weapon Round Rng Damage Pen

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120mm APFSDS 500 28 110/100/90/70

HEAT 400 C:10, B:25 80C

HE 400 C:10, B:35 1C

Weapon ROF Dam Pen Blk Mag SS Brst Rng

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MAG MG 10 4 2-3-Nil 6 50B 1 9 65

bipod 10 4 2-3-Nil 6 50B 1 5 90

tripod 10 4 2-3-Nil 6 50B 1 4 125

Leopard 1 SG Main Battle Tank NATO 120mm Variant

Turret Specification

 
ARMAMENT - French 120 mm 52 calibre smoothbore gun is fitted with a thermal sleeve and muzzle reference system. Fumes are exhausted with a compressed air unit
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The gun, which fires APFSD (Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot) and HEAT (High Explosive Anti Tank) rounds with a firing rate of 12 rounds/minute.
 

Aiming system is entirely electrical for improved acceleration with Gyroscope stabilisation, which allows cross-country fire-on-the-move against mobile targets.

Automatic loading turret system, 18 rounds of ready-to-use ammunition are carried and armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun co-axial with the main gun and a roof-mounted 7.62 mm anti-aircraft gun. Remained 22 rounds store on chassis.

Fire Control and Observation - The digital fire control system allows the gunner or commander to select six different targets to be engaged in just over 30 seconds. Dual firing system for both gunner & commander.

System's digital computer allows real-time treatment of data from the tank's sensors and sights.

The commander has eight periscopes with an HL-70 stabilised panoramic sight from SFIM Industries, now part of SAGEM.

HL-70 includes laser rangefinder, day channel, and second generation image intensifier. Recognition range is 4 km and identification range is 2.5 km

The commander has a display showing the gunner's thermal sight.

Gunner's station is equipped with gunner's main sight, three periscopes and a visual display unit.

Gunner's stabilised sight is SAVAN 20 from SAGEM, which contains a three field of view thermal imager.

Nine launch tubes for the 80 mm grenades are fitted on either side of the turret roof. The system can launch smoke or anti-personnel grenades or infrared decoys.