| Tango01 | 12 Jun 2019 8:50 p.m. PST |
"Over the last few years, Meng has been slowly working their way through the assorted members of the Leopard family of main battle tanks. Now the latest release is hitting the shelves of your local hobby store in the form of the Leopard 2A7+. It's a kit that's based heavily on Meng's previous 2A7 version that we built a couple of years ago on TMN, but with enough differences to make it a unique and interesting vehicle in its own right. We'll jump into the build shortly, but first, we'll get the low-down on the real thing…."
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| JMcCarroll | 13 Jun 2019 11:02 a.m. PST |
Currently best tank in the world. |
| Tango01 | 13 Jun 2019 11:44 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it boys!. (smile)
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| Lion in the Stars | 13 Jun 2019 5:11 p.m. PST |
Quite the beast of a tank! A bit beyond what I'm willing to build, though. Individually articulated track links, no matter how easy to build, are just not something I'm willing to do. |
| Royston Papworth | 14 Jun 2019 5:51 a.m. PST |
sorry, but I look at it and think it is sooo ugly! |
| Legion 4 | 14 Jun 2019 5:56 a.m. PST |
 She's low slung with sloped ballistic armor. Well armed & armored. What's not to like ?
The only real shell trap I see could be under the front of the turret ? But that looks like it may be a hard place to hit ? |
| ScoutJock | 14 Jun 2019 6:55 a.m. PST |
The Germans know how to build them… I have 30 of these beasts from GHQ waiting for their paint job. I'm thinking of using the desert scheme in the first photo. |
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| Royston Papworth | 15 Jun 2019 10:54 a.m. PST |
It's the front of the turret. It's just odd. Sorry you are just not selling it. |
| Tango01 | 21 Sep 2019 4:26 p.m. PST |
"The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is the main battle tank designed and produced in West Germany. It first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought to make conventional heavy armour of limited value, the Leopard focused on firepower in the form of the German-built version of the British L7 105-mm gun, and improved cross-country performance that was unmatched by other designs of the era…."
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| Legion 4 | 22 Sep 2019 7:09 a.m. PST |
 I'm sold ! But I've operated with the earlier type of Leos in [West]Germany, in '88, IIRC. The Canadians were using them !
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| Lion in the Stars | 23 Sep 2019 12:30 p.m. PST |
Uh-oh! I'm a sucker for the Leopard C1 and C1A1. I still think the Leo1 is the best tank design, extreme mobility with a good gun. Yeah, armor was thin (more or less on par with a WW2 Panther). But if it gets 3 kills before the other side even gets in range, that's a win for the Leo. |
| ranger0283 | 12 Oct 2019 4:01 a.m. PST |
Not a fan of the shot trap turret front. Also if I remember right, there have been technical issue with the A7 over in the Sand Box that are widespread enough that they have had to start rethinking some of the systems. |
goes beyond the straight line.
