Hobby Boss: VK1602 LEOPARD

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   Comment by Patrick MATHIOTTE on 26/08/2010 at 23:28

   Pouvez vous avoir des récentes informations sur ce modele – Merci beaucoup

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   Comment by KPl. on 15/12/2010 at 04:19

   Interesting concept vehicle, sits a bit high on those oversized (I’m sure ‘standardized’ Panther) roadwheels but the 80mm frontals and relatively high speed speak well of it.

   I’m always surprised at the lack of, you know, _scouting_ gear on these light reconnaissanace tanks. Masted or at least binocular periscope sights, a big radio antenna and a small section of security troops would not be amiss for instance.

   And the KWK39 L60 is not a bad weapon as long as you have the high pressure PzGr.40. At 500m that round would defeat about 80mm of plate and at a 1000 almost 40mm both easy side kills for a tank hunter. I myself would rather have a Mk.103 30mm and a Pupchen for general infantry support, particularly in urban fighting, but the important thing here is that the vehicle completely outclassed the equivalent Russian T70 and American M5 Stuart.

   The Germans had this obsession with making every tank a panzer killer and that’s just not the way the mission rolled out, even on the Eastern Front.

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