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Is it just me or does the tank look like a Leopard 1 with a British turret. Could this have beenan attempt to draw back from the complicated Leopard 2 design in favour of a simpler tank. At the time the Bundeswehr were looking to replace half their tank fleet each time. Leopard 2 replaced the US built M48s while Leopard 1 had replaced the M47. Leopard 1 needed a successorbut budgets were tight in the 70s and a less complicated tank would have made sense (at leastto the Budgeters). Equally, the UK only replaced some Chieftains with Challenger, so a simpler vehicle would have made sense. I am probably wrong as I am only going by the few photos I have seen of MBT 80, and it may have actually been as complicated and costly as Leo II and Challenger.
Is it just me or does the tank look like a Leopard 1 with a British turret. Could this have been
an attempt to draw back from the complicated Leopard 2 design in favour of a simpler tank.
At the time the Bundeswehr were looking to replace half their tank fleet each time. Leopard 2 replaced the US built M48s while Leopard 1 had replaced the M47. Leopard 1 needed a successor
but budgets were tight in the 70s and a less complicated tank would have made sense (at least
to the Budgeters).
Equally, the UK only replaced some Chieftains with Challenger, so a simpler vehicle would have made sense.
I am probably wrong as I am only going by the few photos I have seen of MBT 80, and it may have actually been as complicated and costly as Leo II and Challenger.
