Meet the Leopard 1 A4 at Drivetanks.com with Tank Mechanic and Vet, Josh Haufle
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We still have several 100s of them in operational status here in Greece, not this exact model, the A5. Beautiful tanks.
Greece is the biggest Leo 1 operator in the world right now.
@Nestor Thomsen yeeeeeeeyyyyyy
I love this engine sound. Served on Leopard 1A5 and 2A4, later 2A5...Leopard 1 all time favorite.
I would love one day to drive in a leopard of any kind. I "only" got to go inside one in Münster. Und güße aus Deutschland.
@@apocalypticsurvivor1881 Unfortunately there are not so many tank batallions left in the Bundeswehr and you would only see 2A6/2A7. The 1A5s are all gone since 2002 i believe. But there are some companies offering tank rides, maybe even Leopard 1. Gruß zurück aus Deutschland nach Deutschland.
Yes, I can't agree more. Leo2 sound is nice, but it's far from the epic sounding Leo1. Especially the start-up is fabel'tastic, when the "turbines" spools up... mmm...
The sound in "The Field" is pure awesome-sauce, and the "sound-disperser" make it fairly difficult to allocate before it's in your face. Former "panzerjaeger" here, so have spent a decent amount of time "hunting" these big cats.
@@DD08DK Jaguar 1 or 2? Thanks for this interesting point of view.
@@AN-nt3uv No... I'm not German, so we had M113 and HMMWV's, instead. : ) Weaponsystem was the same as on the Jag, though.
BR.
In the mid-eighties I was a tank commander in the Dutch army on this beauty. What people often don't realize is that sometimes we lived on it for a whole month, especially during exercises in Germany. Driving, shooting, cooking, this was actually our home. The four of us slept on it too, on the back, just above the engine, so we had to be careful not to spill too much diesel when refueling, usually manually with jery cans. I've done a lot of things since then, but those days were the best days of my life.
During my military service in Italy I had a (short) ride on this wonderful vehicle. I'll never forget. Tnx Sofilein 👍Subscribed!
I figured Id hop on here and say hello. Thanks for listening to me awkwardly stumble through this video. Feel free to ask questions as well.
Not at all. Great job on the video. Thanks!
Dude you did great 👍 the real question is will you bottle up used Leo oil and sell to thristy wehraboos, asking for a friend 🤔
I drove LVTP7s in the Corps for 3 years... Would you let me cruise that sweetheart in Top Gear?!?
@@pezdiablito it all comes down to the cadre on board sometimes ill bump drivers up if I feel they have a good grip of how it runs but i sit on the side of the turret right behind the driver so Im a bit exposed
@@TheTdub1981 I have 55 gal drums of the stuff hahahaha
I drove the leopord there. The suspension is incredible. It felt like I was floating over the bumps. Even going down the hill into the river bed which is rock felt super smooth.
What a cool tank :) being their first home grown tank after ww2 its interesting to see the lessons learned at the time
One of the best tanks in the 80s and very reliable.I served it as a turret engineer for almost 7 years ,the only problem was ,limited space to work.
I met some OG Leo 1 tank commanders from when they were first introduced at panser fest in Norway, interesting to hear their experiences.
Cool piece, and a great sound. Brings back memories. I served on a Gepard which was basically a Leopard 1 hull with an anti aircraft turret on it. Since then, it's been decommissioned.
Littlefield was the mackdaddy in the NA for AFVs. RIP
i wonder where his fully resorted Panther ended up
The Panther is at American Heritage Museum in MA
@@Sofilein thank you
@@Sofilein That Panthers turret was 90 percent destroyed and the hull was about 40 percent destroyed when they pulled it out of the lake in Poland. He really did an amazing job with it
87-91, with 8 CH in Germany, as a Jimmy - On several regimental parades, when the roll past happened, these beasts would come tearing around a corner in front of the reviewing area and drift thru the change of direction. On dry concrete, none the less.
Thank you, Sofi! This brings back memories of me first seeing these at the Cambrai Day parade at Puckapunyal for the Australian Army. Our lovely Army cracked the hulls & broke the torsion bars! German quality ain't what it used to be. In summer "Pucka" is rock hard...not soft like Europe.
Great walk around of a brilliant tank. One of my favs. Thanks for posting
I was serving the last days of the cold war in the 4th company, tank battalion 104 ... just 30 miles away from the iron curtain. We had such Leopard 1, but with an older turret. The said to us once, that when the russians come and we had to fight in a big tank battle, the surviving time would be (statistically) around 2 to 3 minutes🙁.
What??? 5 leopards in Texas??? I live in Kansas! Time for a road trip!!!
That right in your own backyard basically!
You and me both
Also apparently there’s some tank museum opening in Wichita?
@@barryallenporter8127 I live in Wichita (4 miles East of Doc's hanger, my profile pic). Kinda weird being that we are all about airplanes...but I will take it! I'll update when I can on this.
Thank-you for the Leopard tank! In Canada during the cold war, that's basically what I remember us having when I was a kid. But I'm still waiting for that video of you shooting the Mp 40!! That will be great! If I can get down to DriveTanks I want to shoot the Mp 40 and Mp 44.
I'm german Canadian and I just love how America says ,, we have the best tank in the world" and Canada just uses leopards for a long time
@@apocalypticsurvivor1881 Hi, I'm learning German. Ich wushe Sie ein guten Tag. (If that's right)
@@janstan8407 Ich wünsche Ihnen einen guten Tag.
Und ich dir auch
@@apocalypticsurvivor1881 Danke schon!
It's interesting how the A2 version increased the turret protection so an update program was started to bring the earlier A1 turrets to the same protection level, which resulted in those turrets with addons on the sides, while the A3 and A4 radically changed the turret style, but in the end the "most advanced" version, the A5, was still built on those early A1 turrets with addon plates.
Actually german A5 are german A2 with add on armor. Danish A5 are A3 based
@@mbr5742 Sure you don't mean A1A2?
@@TheEnricoMicheli You are right. They used the A1A1/A1A2 (well removing the PZB returns an A1A2 tonA1A1)
Between 1974 and 1977, all of the machines in the first four batches were brought to the same Leopard 1A1A1 standard, and given additional turret armour developed by Blohm & Voss. A further upgrade in the 1980s added leftover image-intensifier night sights, which were being handed down from the Leopard 2 as they were themselves upgraded. The PZB 200 image intensification system was mounted in a large box on the upper right of the gun, creating the Leopard 1A1A2. A further upgrade with SEM80/90 all-digital radios created the Leopard 1A1A3. Later improvements to the image intensifier created the Leopard 1A1A4.(wiki)
Thanks for the correction
Als deutscher bin ich natürlich schon stolz auf unsere Panzerentwicklung 👍
Bitte mit Humor nehmen da ich es nicht ernst meine.
Immer diese nazis die behaupten das Deutschland die besten panzer hatten obwohl sie immer kaputt gingen und americanische panzer hatten Stabilisatoren und russische panzer aus dem 2.wk werden immernoch im mittleren Osten genutzt weil russische Waffen nicht kaputt gehen.
Stay amazing Sofi!
Mercedes Benz Diesel engines have been popular for 90 years and for a tank to have one is awesome to me
Leopard. Der beste Panzer der Welt.. ❤️
To me, this was a smarter design than most other tanks of it’s era. Without armor developed to defeat anti-tank rounds at that time, why not just give it good protection against small arms fire, give it superior...well, everything else, and roll out? I would even go as far to say that in many ways, it was a generation ahead of other tanks at that time. Many of its basic design characteristics have been copied, carried over and improved on in modern tanks throughout the world. It’s a classic beauty and it’s probably my favorite tank.
the most german thing about it: license plate, indicators and rear view mirrors are a must as the german traffic law/rules are like this.
and boy can I tell you, with that it's somehow even crazier to sit next to a leopard 2 at the traffic light ... "don't mind me, I'm just another 60 ton road traffic participant!" :D
Dutch army operated leopards in all shapes and sizes. Good tanks!
Great Job Sofi and a Great Tank too talk about !!
Speaking from a Tank Destroyer point of view, the Leopard II is the one I won't look forward to engaging, that beast is hard to kill! I only have 3 "first round kill" points that're 16" in diameter and it can shoot on the move so the crews know their chances of survival are extremely high if they haul ass. And I remember the first M1 Abrams tanks in 1984-85 as they flew past me when I was doing 55!!!! Not kidding! They quickly put the governors way down but it's easy to remedy, lol.
For the most part I drove the M-113 and M-901 ITV and they're simple to drive, especially at your age. In fact, have you ever thought about joining my Army? As a Retired Infantryman, you would be welcomed. I hate to admit it though but, most Grunts are hound dogs, lol, just be ready for some funny stuff but they will not cross the line with you, just kick them in the nuts if they do because if you don't, the rest of your platoon will when they get wind of what someone said or did to you! We do the same for male Soldiers as well, it's not because you're a chick. And every Sniper knows ( read between the lines Panzerfrau) that women make the best Snipers due to low muscle mass. Muscles always betray Snipers.
Thanks in part to these types of videos, I have encouraged myself to continue with the hobby of scale models, specifically tanks, so thank you Sofi (In fact, the Leopard is on my list of 1/35 scale tanks.)
theres a gruesome story going around in the german Army about an deadly accident with one of the first delivered vehicles (first batch) to the german army. So like Josh Haufle (
video very cool kitty is cool see the toast walking at the end, this makes us have a sense of its robustness!
And it sounds good, as well
We were lucky to get the Leopard 2 back then during military duty in the peak of cold war.
But no ac of cause ... and tank driving on army budget was a lot of fun.
Clear, concise and informative as always. Let's keep up with more quality uploads ✌️
is seriously? She has a dislike, she is the only woman who likes tanks and you give her a dislike, do you know how difficult it is to find a woman like her?
Crazy! My favorite MBT! Sadly not in the "UN White" camo scheme. But still awesome. Yes they are that easy to drive. Easier I think than BMP1.
LOVINGS SOFIE!
To understand the Leopard 1, you need to realise the battlefield it was designed for!
The Leopard is designed for the West German Autobahn system, which is build for high speed road transport. The Leo 1 is build to be the armoured fist that can move swiftly to where a soviet break through occured - and stop the rot. The enemy would basically move through terrain - which genrally halves speed and range.
The other thing that is remarkable with the Leo 1 is its repairability - if it has an engine break down - and even Mercedes engines do have a problem with being shot at. In case of a breakdown the recovery vehicle would be close at hand - with a spare engine - change the engine and the tank is good to go. The engine would then be driven to a place where the mechanics could repair the engine - with proper tools.
Germans are very practical people and you never find a German tourist without a first aid kit. OK - major brain surgery is not going to happen at the road side. If you have ever driven in Germany? Then you'll see the cars forming a lane for the ambulance. They fricking just do it! So wartime traffic jams would not occur - they all know what will happen to your tin-foil motor if a Leopard 1 runs OVER it.
German CARs carry a first aid kit because it is the law, not because people are smarter/more practical. Check for presence and expiration date of the thing is part of the mandatory once every two years safety inspection aka TÜV. And the repair shop/dealership (Many german car dealerships have a repair shop for the brands they sell) will automatically replace expired/no longer law compliant kits in the pre TÜV check unless you explicitly stop them. Just like they fill up the water for the whipers (Yes, those are checked for function)
Lanes - no, no longer done. Major problem these days. Rescue services complain about it, punishments have been increased
RETTUNGSGASSE BILDEN!
@@mbr5742 I'm not talking just about cars. When I was vacationing in Turkey and somebody had a minor mishap: "Let's find a German." They were easy to find: Look for the white socks in the sandals!
@@thomasborgsmidt9801 Sure, in a crisis finding a dummländer is smart. They pay for everything, just ask Italy or Greece. Only way for them to get a little recognition. Otherwise even tinpot dictators do not take calls from the dummländian government
Holy smokes!!!!
Return roller short cut, tight rubber skirts? Damn that's a lewd old lady! ;)
we love her. One of my all time favorites here at Drivetanks. I sneak it out on the course to stretch its legs every now and again, the A5s are used more often but she comes out of the shop for filming and things like that.
@@16th_Maine_Volunteers good to hear, even old ladies need to know their dancing skills are aprecciated :)
Good stuff Sofi.
I want to go to texas, they have some crazy stuff there to do and see!
I love this tank! And Sofia is cool too! 😁👌
Love me some Leopard...meow!!!
Subject TANKS: Bus Grease Monkey worked on the two Detroit Diesel 671s in the Sherman then learned how to drive it. That place is great, he showed some of the museum too.
M46 germans never used they used the M47 correctly
and 48
Moritz M47,M48 & M41
That is 1 cool tank
Love the Video, and Thank You for sharing it.. Miss you in WOT,, It's me that left WarGaming
Great presentation Josh! Is there a story behind the inscription "Dana Raye"?
Did you get to drive it, Sofilein?????
Australia had 1A4's for a long while... good fun to drive!
Sofi, Sofi, Sofii, cattle "herd". Leopards "leap", Tipers "streak". Still liked, still subscribed. :)
It can jump it can drift it can swim 🤣🤣🤣
*snorkle along the bottom, not swim.
i'd love to see the swan dive he's talking about
engine - 10-Zylinder-Vielstoffmotor MTU - Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen) - MB 838 CaM-500 830 PS (610 kW)
Great tank and video but you need to get some new track pads for that poor Leopard.
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Nice video
That tank badly needs a pad change guys.
they dont have diesel engines, they have multi fuel engines :) they basically run on everything thats combustable, pretty much the same as Leopad 2 with one tiny difference. Leo 1 sounds much better :P
Does his comment about forward, neutral, and reverse mean that the Leopard 1 has an automatic transmission?
It has. Starting in late WW2 those become standard in tanks
Danish version best
Русские есть?
All Rubber on the Track.s a gone what you do to him gif him us back pls it.s maby to hot out there he is not made for you.r mean Desert
Why do you need to be able to treat animals to work with tanks. A little Ali G anyone?
invest in some proper mike gear..