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Leopard AS1: Medium Tank
[edit] Statistics
Main gun: 105mm L7A1
Ammunition Stowage: 13 ready/46 stowed
Default Ammunition: 8/29 DM63 APFSDS, 4/16 105mm HEAT, 0/0 M156 HESH, 0/1 M87 WP*
Coaxial machine gun: 7.62mm MG3
Ammunition Stowage: 1000ready/4500 stowed
Default Ammunition: 1000/4500 7.62mm NATO
Grenade Dischargers: 76mm Grenade dischargers
Ammunition Stowage: 2 ready/6 stowed
Default Ammunition: 2/6 Smoke
Armour protection:
Frontal Turret Armour: 209-273mm KE, 252-332mm vs HEAT. Vulnerable GPS area.
Frontal Hull Armour: Thin Steel armour
(no information within SB documentation)
Combat Mass: 42.2t
Engine Power: 819hp
Height 2.39m to turret roof
[edit] General
The Leopard AS1 is an older and relatively light western MBT, serving with the Australian army. The turret has been redesigned and provides more protection than the original versions, but the armour is barely adequate against light auto cannon using modern ammunition. The GPS sight hood is particularly vulnerable to penetration.
The L7 rifled gun is very accurate, and with modern ammunition remains a credible threat even against main battle tanks. The fire control system is based on a ballistic computer and laser range finder, but is not a modern integrated system. The commanders' Peri can be used for rapid range estimation of exposed targets even without a functional Laser Range Finder.
The Leopard 1 stores most of it's ammunition in the hull, and is very vulnerable during the transfer of rounds from the secondary storage into the ready racks, as the turret must be rotated to the flank and the vehicle cannot observe or fight. The smaller ammunition allows higher rates of fire than the 120mm armed tanks, and the brass cases afford some protection to the ammunition which the combustible cased 120/125mm rounds lack. Within SB this allows a loaded round to be replaced without being expended first, allowing more suitable ammunition selection when facing multiple target types.
- The WP round is not available for use unless a round is loaded into the ready rack in the scenario editor.
Recently the Australian Army selected the M1A1(HA) as its new MBT.
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