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

As West Germany is next to the communist sphere, dilemmas on national protection ended up being much idea of. To defend the border-line an armoured device was established. The German practices by which the Tiger, Panther along with other exceptional tanks had been produced was succeeded by this Leopard tank that starred in 1961 in West Germany. Leopard also has the name of 'Standard Panther'. It was prototyped in 1961 and 1962 and had been formally adopted by the western German Army in 1963, ahead of the adoption associated with the French A.M.X. 30. In 1964, the West German Army put an order for 1,400 of the tank and also the very first tank, mass produced, had been delivered by Krauss Moffei in Munich.

The crew of tank is four and L7A 1 105mm gun built in Britain can be used as the main gun which can be common to tanks of the NATO forces and has now similar destroying energy as compared to the British Centurion, U.S.A. M60 and Swiss Pz 61. Its shooting sight is based 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 motor by Mercedes Benz.

The utmost high rate is 65km/h. Not only diesel oil but also gas and gas for jet engines are utilized. Its framework and body is water-tight so that it can cross rivers at a depth of 4 meters underwater. Therefore, this tank is a modern exemplary maneuverability tank that importance is connected.