Tamiya 36207 - 1/16 Scale Military Big Tank - Leopard A4  [36207]

Tamiya 36207 - 1/16 Scale Military Big Tank - Leopard A4
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£346.11
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Tamiya
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36207
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First released as an R/C tank in 1977 (product 56002), Tamiya is actually proud to create the West German Leopard A4 as a fixed display model.

When the brand new Federal German Army was in fact instituted in 1956, usa Army M47 and M48 tanks have been the mainstays of armored products. This nevertheless finished up being considered a stop-gap measure until a brand new main battle tank which included the lessons discovered from WWII although the anticipated conditions of contemporary warfare might be developed. The original formal specs called for a car of around 30 tons, with a power-to-weight ratio of 30hp/ton, a number of 350km, and a width maybe not surpassing 315cm. A couple of commercial consortia groups including Porsche, Hanomag, and Henschel have been thinking about publishing designs. Porsche's 1st running model was manufactured in 1961 and called Porsche 723. It showcased similar 90mm gun as the M48, but was later on specified aided by the superior British 105mm L7 weapon. It had been a reasonably main-stream design featuring torsion club suspension system and a Daimler-Benz MB series 10 cylinder engine. The Porsche 723 was in fact later chosen whilst the basis for the brand new "standard panzer". Further prototypes were built and development studies occurred from 1962 to 1964. In manufacturing type, because Porsche 814, the automobile was given the name Leopard. The initial manufacturing Leopard was finished in September 1965 and sizeable amounts was in fact built and provided on armies of Holland, Australia, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Italy, plus western Germany. All Leopards was included with advanced range finders with both stereoscopic and coincident ranging feasible. They were operating on a Diamler-Benz MB838 four-cycle diesel engine with multi-fuel capability. They were additionally waterproofed for deep-wading round the the top of turret roof, as well as for crossing rivers around a depth of 4m these folks were built with snorkels. The development of the Leopard 1A4 represented a large advance regarding earlier A1 and A2 models and had been regarded as one of many best battle tanks to own been integrated the planet.

Specs & qualities

  • accurate 1/16 scale model of Germany's Leopard A4.
  • All of the initial R/C gear from Item 56002 is eliminated however the moveable suspension and tires stay.
  • The fearsome kind of the top primary tool and turret is faithfully reproduced.
  • Features realistic hyperlink kind tracks.
  • Included are photo-etched components to give the model with greater realism.
  • Upper hull accessory parts function a great finish contemporary R/C gear such as for instance DMD item, drive gearboxes, and turret rotation gearbox could be arranged to transform the model into an operating R/C model.

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