Tag: leopard 1a4

• Leopard 1A4

  Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: Germany Period: Cold War Location: Veitshöchheim, Germany 1955 was the year of West Germany’s “Wiederbewaffnung” (= re-armament). Ten years after the end of World War 2, Germany was permitted to have an army again. The new Bundeswehr initially received American M47s and M48s, but development of an indigenous tank programme…

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  27. May 2022

  Cold War, Germany, Main Battle Tank

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