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The Kampfpanzer Leopard, subsequently Leopard 1 following the introduction of the successive Leopard 2, is a main battle tank designed by Porsche, and manufactured by Krauss-Maffei in West Germany, that entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought to make conventional heavy armour of limited value, the Leopard design…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Leopard 1 | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Armour | Steel: 10–70 mm (0.39–2.76 in) RHAe | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Crew | 4 (commander, driver, gunner, radio operator/loader) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Designed | 1956–1961 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Designer | Porsche | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Engine | MTU MB 838 CaM 500, 10-cylinder, 37.4 litres, multi-fuel engine 830 PS (820 hp; 610 kW) at 2,200 RPM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Height | 2.39/2.7 m (turret roof/absolute) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | In service | 1965–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Length | 9.54/8.29 m (gun forward/rearward) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Main armament | 1 × 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7A3 L/52 rifled gun (13 rounds in turret 42 rounds in hull) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Manufacturer | KraussMaffei OTO Melara | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Mass | 42.2 tonnes (increased on later models from original 40 tonnes) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | No. built | 6,565 4,744 main battle tanks 1,741 utility and anti-aircraft vehicles 80 prototypes and pre-series vehicles | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Operational range | 600 km (370 mi) (on road), 450 km (280 mi) (cross-country) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Place of origin | West Germany | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Power/weight | 19.6 PS (19.3 hp; 14.4 kW)/tonne | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Produced | 1965–1984 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Secondary armament | 2 × 7.62 mm MG 3 or FN MAG (co-axial and commander's hatch) (5500 rounds) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Suspension | Torsion bar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Type | Main battle tank | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Wars | Yugoslav Wars Bosnian War | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Wars | Bosnian War | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Wars | War in Afghanistan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Wars | Russian invasion of Ukraine | 1.00 | infobox |
| Leopard 1 | Width | 3.37 m (11.1 ft) | 1.00 | infobox |
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