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Key facts
- Type
- Main battle tank
- Place of origin
- West Germany
- In service
- 1965–present
- Wars
- Yugoslav Wars Bosnian War Kurdish–Turkish conflict War in Afghanistan Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Designer
- Porsche
- Designed
- 1956–1961
- Manufacturer
- KraussMaffei , OTO Melara
- Produced
- 1965–1984
- Number span no built
- 6,565 4,744 main battle tanks, 1,741 utility and anti-aircraft vehicles, 80 prototypes and pre-series vehicles
- Mass
- 42.2 tonnes (increased on later models from original 40 tonnes)
- Length
- 9.54/8.29 m (gun forward/rearward)
- Width
- 3.37 m (11.1 ft)
- Height
- 2.39/2.7 m (turret roof/absolute)
- Crew
- 4 (commander, driver, gunner, radio operator/loader)
- Armour
- Steel: 10–70 mm (0.39–2.76 in) RHAe
- Main armament
- 1 × 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 A3 L/52 rifled gun (13 rounds in turret 42 rounds in hull)
- Secondary armament
- 2 × 7.62 mm MG 3 or FN MAG ( co-axial and commander's hatch) (5500 rounds)
- Engine
- MTU MB 838 CaM 500, 10-cylinder, 37.4 litres, multi-fuel engine, 830 PS (820 hp; 610 kW) at 2,200 RPM
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- main battle tank
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Followed by
- Leopard 2
- Manufacturer
- KNDS Deutschland
- Conflict
- War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Image
- Leopard1 cfb borden 2.JPG
- Height
- 2.76
- Width
- 3.37
- Speed
- 65
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- powered by
- V engine
- native label
- Leopard 1
- ride height
- 440
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