Leopard 2B5 by T.Rex
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Description
Leopard 2B5, Swedish army variant (Strv 122).
Sweden’s (and Germany’s) most modern tank, an upgrade of the German Leopard. Note the wedge-shaped turret front over-hang, which unfortunately presents a nasty shot trap.
Ammunition stored in turret rear with blow-out doors on top.
Crew: commander, driver, loader, gunner
Ammunition: 42 fleshette or high explosive rounds
Engine: MTU 12 cylinder diesel, 1,500 horse power/24 horse power per ton
Armament: 120 mm. smooth bore gun, 2 ksp 94 (7.62 mm.) machine guns,
4X2 Gallix
GPS navigational system
Night vision/fighting equipment
Computerized target acquisition and inter-tank communications
Weight: 62.5 tons
Photo by me, October 3, 1998, at a military exhibit in Lundagard park at the Univ. of Lund, for information and recruiting of technical students to the Swedish army. I have earlier seen a few other similar exhibits. This was the last one, though.
I have more photos of this and other armoured vehicles from this exhibit. If you want to see more, let me know.
Camera: Olympus OM-2
Lens: Sigma 28 – 80 zoom
Comments (5)
dadamch
The "shot trap"... I never understand designers, they keep making the same mistakes! Even the Abrams has a bit of one! I guess since they don't have to drive one in combat, what the heck! Fortunately they don't have tank vs. tank combat like they did in WW2.
neiwil
I always loved the Swedish 'S' Tank, like a Jagdpanther only half as tall.I remember the original Leopard, that was cool. This looks to have a 360 deg 'shot trap', has it seen active service? how did it fare?
jocko500
they don't have tank vs. tank war was in the six day war[2600 tanks was used. and in the Yom-Kippur war, 6200 tanks was used] ; link http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/tanks/merkava/Merkava.html anyway this is not the tank that was uses in those wars, I takeing about tank to tank battles. Anyway this is wonderful shot of this tank. My dad told me about WW2 and the Germans was going to enter Swedenland. The Sweden’s told them not to and the Germans brought up one tank into the borders of Swedenland. The Sweden’s open fire with rifles that had armor pureson bullets and they shot the tank up . The buttets do go into the tank. The Germans pulled back and did not go into Swedenland. I do not know if it true or not but it a good story to me.
lookoo
My take on Nazi Germany not invading Sweden is this one: It was a race for Norway with Britain and France. Both sides raced to occupy Norway on the very same day in May 1940, the Germans beating the Allies to it for a few hours. Denmark was occupied along the way, a kind of drive-by-occupation. Finland was already a secret ally of Germany which left only Sweden in Scandinavia. Hitler wanted to occupy Sweden as well. What changed Sweden's fate ultimately was that Göhring, whose deceased wife Karin had been from Sweden and who still maintained close family ties to Sweden threatened to resign and cause a propagandistic embarrassment of the first degree if Sweden was invaded. Since Sweden delivered anyway all the iron ore Nazi Germany needed and served a useful role as a diplomatic intermediary, Hitler relented and Sweden was never invaded. There were a few hundred Swedish volunteers in the Scandinavian SS division Wiking. They were among the last to defend the government quarter in Berlin.
vechtdalcollege
Hi, I like this one with the Swedish camo, one of my favourite camouflages. A splendid photo, I must say! Greetings Gerrit.