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Originally Posted by Shipwreck
One minor correction if I may :
The Bundeswehr received its first Leopard 1A5 (w/LRF) in early 1987 and had 1,225 of these in service as of September 1992 (reduced to 737 in 1994).
The last Leopard 1A5 (Panzerbataillon 74 in Cuxhaven) were withdrawn from active service in 2003.
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Guess I should have added new build there.
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If Britannia is incorrect, then of course, one cannot debate or clear the cobwebs
It is generally accepted as the most well researched source.
Wikipedia is incorrect, Britannia is incorrect, then who is correct?
And who is to agree whatever link is being given is correct or incorrect; after all someone may have an axe to grind!
There has to be some baseline.
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The baseline is the research done here in this debate. Our little intrepid team has uncovered quite a bit of info that not exactly lost, was not grouped easily together. Like the fact that Indian Shermans were not only not out gunned by Pakistani Shermans, but that 2 regiments actually feilded the firepower of the famed Panther tank.
LRF-
1962 first prototype
1964 first feidl test
1965 Indo-Pakistani war
1971 first tank deployed with LRF
1972 First US tank deployed with LRF
1975 First deployment of M48A5 (only variant with LRF)
1978 First Centurion varoiant with a LRF
1978 First M60A3 Patton (one assumes refitting of M48A5 to M48A5E1 begins now as well, but no proof before 1983)
1987 First Leo 1 with a LRF (at least 14 years after Britannica said it happened)
http://216.176.86.154/afv/USA_AFVs.pdf list of every AFV relic in America