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

First released as an R/C tank in 1977 (product 56002), Tamiya is currently proud to discharge the West German Leopard A4 as a static display model.

When the brand new Federal German Army ended up being instituted in 1956, US Army M47 and M48 tanks were the mainstays of armored units. This nevertheless had been considered to be a stop-gap measure until a new primary battle tank which included the classes learned from WWII together with expected conditions of modern warfare might be created. The first formal specs needed a vehicle of around 30 tons, with a power-to-weight ratio of 30hp/ton, a variety of 350km, and a width perhaps not surpassing 315cm. A few commercial consortia teams like Porsche, Hanomag, and Henschel were interested in publishing designs. Porsche's first running prototype was stated in 1961 and called Porsche 723. It showcased the exact same 90mm gun whilst the M48, but ended up being later specified using the superior British 105mm L7 weapon. It had been a fairly traditional design featuring torsion club suspension and a Daimler-Benz MB series 10 cylinder motor. The Porsche 723 ended up being later on chosen while the basis the brand new "standard panzer". Further prototypes were built and development studies occurred from 1962 to 1964. In production form, once the Porsche 814, the automobile was given the name Leopard. Initial manufacturing Leopard was finished in September 1965 and good sized quantities had been built and supplied to the armies of Holland, Australia, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Italy, and West Germany. All Leopards came with sophisticated range finders with both stereoscopic and coincident ranging possible. These were powered by a Diamler-Benz MB838 four-cycle diesel engine with multi-fuel ability. They certainly were also waterproofed for deep-wading up to the top of the turret roof, and for crossing streams around a depth of 4m they were designed with snorkels. The growth of the Leopard 1A4 represented a large advance in the earlier A1 and A2 models and had been viewed as one of the finest battle tanks to possess been built-in the entire world.

Specs & Features

• accurate 1/16 scale style of Germany's Leopard A4.
• The original R/C gear from Item 56002 has been removed nevertheless the moveable suspension and wheels remain.
• The fearsome kind of the big main weapon and turret has been faithfully reproduced.
• Features realistic website link kind tracks.
• Included are photo-etched components to offer the model with greater realism.
• Upper hull accessory components feature a fine finish Modern R/C gear such as for example DMD unit, drive gearboxes, and turret rotation gearbox can be set up to transform the model into an operating R/C model.