The ’Panzer 87-140’ Leopard 2 Tank | HUGE 140mm SMOOTHBORE!

Install Raid for Free ✅ IOS/ANDROID/PC: and get a special starter pack 💥 Available only for the next 30 days The Panzer 87 Leopard 2 is the Swiss designation of a Swiss licence built Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank. Pz stands for “Panzer” or rather “tank” in English and the 87 refers to the year deliveries of the first vehicles to the Swiss Army. The licence for the production of 380 vehicles was obtained in 1984. The first 35 vehicles were built-in and supplied by Germany while the rest were built-in Switzerland. Production ceased in 1993. The Pz 87 Leopard 2 differed from the Leopard 2A4 in that it uses AN/VCR 12 radio sets, has x2 Machine Guns (coaxial and Cupola Mounted) and has additional snow grouses on the turrets side. Another interesting addition to the vehicle is the large circular tubes mounted across the hull rear. These are actually muffler to reduce engine noise in built-up area’s. A Pz 87 was used during the development phase of the joint KWS III project, to see if a 140mm bore calibre main gun could be installed on the Leopard 2. This would have required changes in the turret to accommodate the larger rounds and autoloader. A single Pz 87 was fitted with a 140mm main gun, however Germany eventually went with the longer 120mm smoothbore (L55) and the Pz 87 prototype was reverted back to a standard gun tank. The Pz 87 WE Leopard 2 (Werterhaltung) is the most modern version of the Pz 87. In 2013 the final Pz 87 WE of the 134 upgraded was delivered to the Swiss Army. In 2013 the final Pz 87 WE of the 134 upgraded was delivered to the Swiss Army. Of the remaining original Pz 87, a number have been sold to Canada and Germany. Others have been converted in to Combat Engineer Vehicles and others placed into storage. Source Article: Hope you enjoy!! 💰 Want to support my channel? Check out my Patreon Donation page! 💰PayPal: Matt’s DREAM: share-sheet 👕 Check out my Merch: 📬Wanna send me something? My PO Box: Matthew James 210A - 12A Street N Suite #135 Lethbridge Alberta Canada T1H2J 📸 My instagram: Matt_matsimus 🎮 Twitch: 👋DISCORD: 📘 Facebook: 🐦Twitter: The ’Panzer 87-140’ Leopard 2 Tank | HUGE 140mm SMOOTHBORE! #military #tank #tanks