Denmark

Leopard 1A5 MBT

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Use: All 230 Danish Leopard 1A3 MBTs have now been upgraded to Leopard 1A5 standard. This is the standard MBT of the Danish Army. 120 Leopard 1A3 was ordered in June 1974 and was delivered from March 1976 to November 1978 and a further 110 second-hand ex-Bundeswehr Leopards were later procured.

View from 4 o'clock

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View from 11 o'clock. This tank is painted in the standard Danish Army two-colour camouflage pattern

View from 11 o'clock. This tank has the special Danish "camouflage carpets" mounted

Leopard 1A5 serving with SFOR in Bosnia

Crew: 4

Weight: 42.4 t

Speed, road: 60 km/h

Engine: 830 hp

Armament: 105 mm gun, 2 x 7.62 mm MG

Contact me: Henrik Clausen