Sturmgeschütz auf Leopard (L/70) | |
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General Historical Information | |
Place of origin | Germany |
Produced In | Never |
Category | Assault gun |
Debut in FHSW | v0.55 |
Main armament | 7.5 cm Pak 42 L/70 (54 rounds) |
Coaxial weapon | 7.92 mm MG 34 (250 rounds) |
General Ingame Information | |
Used by | Germany |
Crew in‑game | 2 |
Ammunition | ↑ AP ↓ HE |
Seat 2 | Nahverteidigungswaffe
10 x HE grenade |
Seat 3 | Passenger Seat |
Seat 4 | Passenger Seat |
Historical Picture | |
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The VK.16.02 "Leopard" is a vehicle that was developed as a heavy armored reconnaissance tank, and in addition to that, several variants had been planned, such as self-propelled artillery equipped with a 10.5cm howitzer and an anti-aircraft tank equipped with 3.7cm Flak 36 or 2cm Flakvierling cannons. The (L/70) Sturmgeschutz auf Leopard is one of those vehicles, making it a tank destroyer. The development of these vehicles was canceled due to the discontinuation of all plans regarding the Leopard in 1943. But later another similar design was concieved - to mount the same gun on the VK903 light tank chassis. Yet, this would too stay on the drawing boards.
Since FHSW ver0.701 the hull machine gun is treated as a coaxial machine gun. So one seat can drive the vehicle and operate all weapons except the Nahverteidigungswaffe at once.
FHSWman, the main developer of the mod uses this tank as his profile picture.
In-game performance[]
Although this vehicle is excellent in firepower and mobility, armour protection is only decent in the front, which has to be taken into account when using the vehicle aggresively.
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