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

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

When the new Federal German Army had been instituted in 1956, United States Army M47 and M48 tanks had been the mainstays of armored devices. This nonetheless ended up being considered a stop-gap measure until a new primary battle tank which included the lessons discovered from WWII while the anticipated conditions of contemporary warfare might be created. The initial formal specs called for 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 groups including Porsche, Hanomag, and Henschel had been interested in submitting designs. Porsche's very first running prototype was produced in 1961 and called Porsche 723. It showcased the same 90mm gun while the M48, but was later on specified aided by the superior Uk 105mm L7 gun. It absolutely was a fairly main-stream design featuring torsion bar suspension system and a Daimler-Benz MB series 10 cylinder motor. The Porsche 723 had been later opted for whilst the basis for the new "standard panzer". Further prototypes were built and development studies took place from 1962 to 1964. In manufacturing form, due to the fact Porsche 814, the car was presented with the name Leopard. The initial manufacturing Leopard was completed in September 1965 and good sized quantities had been built and supplied on armies of Holland, Australia, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Italy, plus western Germany. All Leopards was included with sophisticated range finders with both stereoscopic and coincident ranging feasible. They certainly were running on a Diamler-Benz MB838 four-cycle diesel motor with multi-fuel ability. They certainly were also waterproofed for deep-wading around the top of the turret roof, and for crossing rivers around a depth of 4m these people were equipped with snorkels. The development of this Leopard 1A4 represented a large advance regarding early in the day A1 and A2 models and had been viewed as one of many finest battle tanks to have been built in the planet.

Specs & Features

• accurate 1/16 scale model of Germany's Leopard A4.
• All of the initial R/C gear from Item 56002 is removed however the moveable suspension and wheels remain.
• The fearsome type of the big main weapon and turret is faithfully reproduced.
• Features realistic website link type tracks.
• Included are photo-etched components to provide the model with greater realism.
• Upper hull accessory parts feature an excellent finish contemporary R/C equipment such as for example DMD product, drive gearboxes, and turret rotation gearbox can be set up to convert the model into a functional R/C model.