A PC game, cant say much for the graphics but the origanality, creativity and freedom of the game makes you fall in love and with all the new add on's happening will greatly improve your experiance.
A PC game, cant say much for the graphics but the origanality, creativity and freedom of the game makes you fall in love and with all the new add on's happening will greatly improve your experiance.
The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank (Kampfpanzer) developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979. The Leopard 2 replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and twelve other European countries, as well as several non-European nations. More than 3,480 Leopard 2s have been manufactured. The Leopard 2 first saw combat in Kosovo with the German Army and has also seen action in Afghanistan with the Danish and Canadian ISAF forces.There are two main development batches of the tank, the original models up to Leopard 2A4 which have vertically-faced turret armour, and the "improved" batch, namely the Leopard 2A5 and newer versions, which have angled arrow-shaped turret appliqué armour together with a number of other improvements. All models feature digital fire control systems with laser rangefinders, a fully stabilized main gun and coaxial machine gun, and advanced night vision and sighting equipment (first vehicles used a low-light level TV system or LLLTV; thermal imaging was introduced later on). The tank has the ability to engage moving targets while moving over rough terrain.
ReplyDeleteThe Leopard 2 utilizes spaced, multi-layered composite armour throughout the design. The Leopard 2A5 and A6 models utilize additional armour added to the turret front, and on hull and side skirts.[5] Estimated levels of protection for the Leopard 2 range from 590 - 690 RHAe on the turret, 600 RHAe on the glacis and lower front hull on the Leopard 2A4, to 920 - 940 RHAe on the turret, 620 RHAe on the glacis and lower front hull on the Leopard 2A6 against kinetic projectiles.[6] The mine-protected Leopard 2A4M and 2A6M adds an additional mine protection plate for the belly, which increases protection against mines and improvised explosive devices.[6] All Leopard 2 variants after the Leopard 2A6 include spall liners on the inside of the tank, protecting the crew.[6] The Leopard 2A6M CAN increases protection against rocket-propelled grenades (RPG's) by including additional slat armour which serves to prematurely detonate such warheads harmlessly against the hull.[7]
ReplyDeleteTwo groups of 4 Wegmann 76 mm smoke mortars are mounted on either side of the turret and can be electrically fired either as single rounds or in salvos of four are mounted on most Leopard 2 models, with the exception of Dutch Leopard 2's, which are instead equipped with a Dutch-designed smoke mortar system with six barrels on each side.[6] Swedish Leopard 2's utilize French GALIX smoke dispensers, similar to the system found on the French Leclerc.[8]
The crew is also protected against Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) threats as well, as the Leopard 2 is equipped with a NBC overpressurization system which provides up to 4 mbar (0.004 kp/cm²) over pressure inside the vehicle.[6]The Leopard 2 is equipped with a fire protection system as well. Four 9 kg Halon fire extinguisher bottles are installed on the right behind the driver's station. The bottles are connected to pipes and hoses and are activated automatically by the fire detection system, when temperatures rise above 180 °F inside the fighting compartment, or manually via a control panel in the driver's compartment.[6] An extra 2.5 kg Halon fire extinguisher is also stored on the floor beneath the main gun.