Tamiya 35064 - 1/35 Federal German Leopard 1 MBT WWII  [35064]

As West Germany is adjacent to the communist sphere, dilemmas on nationwide defense was much idea of. To protect the border-line an armoured device had been founded. The German strategies where the Tiger, Panther along with other exemplary tanks were produced was succeeded by this Leopard tank that starred in 1961 in West Germany. Leopard comes with the name of 'Standard Panther'. It was prototyped in 1961 and 1962 and was formally used by the West German Army in 1963, before the use of French A.M.X. 30. In 1964, the West German Army put an order for 1,400 of the tank therefore the very first tank, mass produced, ended up being delivered by Krauss Moffei in Munich.

The crew for the tank is four and L7A 1 105mm weapon built in Britain is used as the primary gun which is typical to tanks of NATO forces and has the exact same destroying energy as that of the British Centurion, U.S.A. M60 and Swiss Pz 61. Its shooting sight is dependant on a range finder system and it can shoot a target far away of 1,000 meters even during the night by simultaneous use of infrared rays. Its motor is a water-cooled, 10 cylinder multi-fuel engine by Mercedes Benz.

The utmost high speed is 65km/h. Not only diesel oil but also gas and fuel for jet machines may be utilized. Its framework and human anatomy is water-tight so that it can get across streams at a depth of 4 meters underwater. Thus, this tank is a modern exceptional maneuverability tank of which value is attached.