Comments on: Meanwhile in Germany…

By: Mek

Mek — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 07:32:20 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUhbzKP4KY …

By: Westonbirt_EU

Westonbirt_EU — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:04:33 +0000

Is this accurate ?

http://www.herwig-lempp.de/daten/140318-JHL-LWR-Too-German-To-Be-Proud-PosterPresentation.pdf

By: FegelStation

FegelStation — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:11:03 +0000

Good one :D

By: Zilvinas

Zilvinas — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:48:00 +0000

There are more tanks in this video than in Lithuanian army.

By: Jānis Saule

Jānis Saule — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:34:37 +0000

hmm Leo 2, Challenger 2 and Abrams are all almost the same by weight ~ 65 tons, so I dont understand what you meant by this.

By: _Reaper

_Reaper — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:09:45 +0000

For a starter the Abrams is way too heavy.
And that about finishes it:D

Thing that gets me though, it’s roughly the same weight as the Challanger 2, yet the Challanger 2 hasn’t fallen through any bridges yet, that I know off.
Maybe just has smarter crews?

By: pinata_of_death

pinata_of_death — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:05:09 +0000

The “best” tank of its time. But, what means best? Most versatile maybe, very accurate and devastating gun. Armor wasn’t no real issue back then. The guns with modern ammunition are so OP that even actual Tanks are not capable to “bounce”. The armor helps against splash, Small and Medium Arms like MGs and RPGs.

If you start to fire a Javalin, which hits from above the tank you have no chance. Even the A10 Warthog can bring a lot of trouble to a modern tank with its 30mm gun.
A strength of a Leopard is speed, coordination, camo, on tanks standards “fuel saving” engine and it’s gun. You shouldn’t forget, the development started 1970. This was over 40 years ago. With this on your mind, the Leopard 2 is still a respectable tank. The cannon was so good, that they changed the Abrahams M1A1 (1984) to the Leo gun.

The development goes on every day, if you look the IDF have a better fitting tank for their needs. Maybe overall worse than the Leopard 2, but they have special needs and build/modified their tanks exactly for it.

You should list this one too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2_Black_Panther

By: Jānis Saule

Jānis Saule — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:24:45 +0000

not sure about that my friend. I think M1A2 and Leclerc could be a bit better just because of their much lower height of tank (read lower silhouette), better armor (Leo 2 is almost paper tank), and better Power/weight proportions: 24hp/t for Leo 2 versus 27hp/t for Abrams and Leclerc.
Just imagine in-game that Leo 2 height is like Centurion Mk7/1 (3 meters) and Abrams/Leclerc like T-54 (~2.4-2.5 meters)..

By: Golem501

Golem501 — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:42:35 +0000

Tanks for the answer… still looks a bit silly :)

By: Khitan

Khitan — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:49:21 +0000

I know that – I was just reminiscing – humour me I’m getting old lol