The Leopard approaches by cfulton

Photography • Military • posted on Nov 08, 2010

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Rheinmetall Defence used Africa Aerospace & Defence 2010 (AAD) in Cape Town to punt its Leopard 2A4 main battle tank as the best choice to replace the South African Army's long-in-the-tooth Olifant series. This was a top speed run down the airfield (72 km/h (45 mph)) to impress us with a stop within about 10 metres. Enjoy Monday! Clive

Comments (17)

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blinkings

1:49AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Oh wow this is fantastic.

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lior

2:01AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Really impressive!!!!!!!!

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awjay

2:11AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

super feeling of speed

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PSDuck

2:26AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Super shot! Stopping a "running" Leopard in 10 meters is pretty good considering all that kinetic energy.

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durleybeachbum

3:48AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Wonderful!

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ElusiveAngel

4:24AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

This is very nice! Hope you have a wonderful week too. :)

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jarmila

4:28AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

great action captured

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bmac62

7:14AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Look at them come! Love the action. Oh, and a most happy 4th birthday to you Clive:)

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debbielove

7:15AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Cool! Just VERY cool! One of the top three Main Battle Tanks in the world... As you can see! (Challenger (UK) and Abrams (US)) being the others.. The gun is wicked!!!!! lol Great shot! Rob

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kgb224

7:35AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Stunning capture Clive.

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moochagoo

2:12PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Amazing capture ! Bravo !

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neiwil

7:24PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Very effective tank though not very stealthy on this outing.Reminds me of all those old war films, with the infantry marching alongside chokeing on the dust.Of course Health and Safety don't allow that sort of thing anymore, not over here at least.Really dramatic capture, great sense of it barrelling along.

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auntietk

7:27PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

All that dust really makes the shot! I can almost smell it in the air. Excellent capture! Congratulations on four years, my friend. It's good to have you around! :)

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