![]() ![]() The Leopard 1 (known simply as ‘Leopard’ when it first entered service) was an attempt to push the Mobility – Firepower part of the performance triangle while sacrificing some of the Protection in the process. Source: CMSGT Don Sutherland, USAF/Wikimedia Commons Forty years later, the tank seems set to fulfil the mission it was designed for – to exchange fire with Russian tanks invading a European democracy. The Leopard 1 as it once was, pictured in West German service during REFORGER/AUTUMN FORGE ’83. ![]() It is, however, in some ways what Ukraine needs. That is the case even if it is significantly older than the Leopard 2A6 and a step below the 2A4 when it comes to protection and raw firepower. The news that Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands will join forces to supply 100 Leopard1A5 is good news for Ukraine. ![]()
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