Tamiya 36207 - 1/16 Scale Military Big Tank - Leopard A4 田宮軍事模型大比例坦克 雙星孖星  [36207]

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

If the new Federal German Army had been instituted in 1956, US Army M47 and M48 tanks had been the mainstays of armored devices. This nonetheless ended up being considered to be a stop-gap measure until a brand new main battle tank which incorporated the classes learned from WWII and also the anticipated conditions of contemporary warfare could possibly be developed. The very first formal specifications called for an automobile of around 30 tons, with a power-to-weight ratio of 30hp/ton, a variety of 350km, and a width maybe not surpassing 315cm. A few commercial consortia teams such as for example Porsche, Hanomag, and Henschel were enthusiastic about submitting designs. Porsche&39;s first running model ended up being produced in 1961 and called Porsche 723. It featured equivalent 90mm gun as the M48, but had been later specified with the superior British 105mm L7 gun. It was a fairly mainstream design featuring torsion club suspension system and a Daimler-Benz MB series 10 cylinder engine. The Porsche 723 had been later plumped for since the foundation for the new "standard panzer". Further prototypes had been built and development trials occurred from 1962 to 1964. In manufacturing type, while the Porsche 814, the vehicle was given the name Leopard. 1st manufacturing Leopard was finished in September 1965 and vast quantities were built and supplied towards armies of Holland, Australia, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Italy, including West Germany. All Leopards included advanced range finders with both stereoscopic and coincident ranging feasible. They were powered by a Diamler-Benz MB838 four-cycle diesel motor with multi-fuel ability. These people were also waterproofed for deep-wading around the top the turret roof, and for crossing streams up to a depth of 4m these were designed with snorkels. The development of the Leopard 1A4 represented a big advance regarding the early in the day A1 and A2 models and had been seen as one of many best battle tanks to own been built-in the planet.

Specs & Features

• accurate 1/16 scale type of Germany&39;s Leopard A4.
• All the original R/C equipment from Item 56002 was removed nevertheless the moveable suspension and tires remain.
• The fearsome kind of the big primary weapon and turret has been 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 a fine finish Modern R/C equipment including DMD product, drive gearboxes, and turret rotation gearbox is set up to transform the model into a functional R/C model.