#leopard 1

[highexplosivemaidens]

Brainstorming we found this Leopard 1 with an U.N livery paint... who's this baddie lwk....

@tank-spotter just to make sure...is this the Leopard 1??

[tanksandbeyond]

Italian Leopard 1A2s and M113s from 13º Reggimento carabinieri "Friuli Venezia Giulia", circa 1980s.

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1974 ad for Dinky Toys.

Model 291 - Atlantean City Bus. This was the Leyland Atlantean double-decker bus. Get on board!

Model 675 - Motor Patrol Boat. Appears to be the Royal Navy Brave Class motor torpedo boat. The RN only had two (HMS Brave Borderer and HMS Brave Swordsman) and both had retired by 1970 but others were built for the export market.

Model 692 - Leopard Tank. This was the German Leopard l tank that came into service in the 1960's.

[crookedpuppyfox]

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[katana8989]

Leopard I “Dire Wolf” Wölfli Tier III MBT [Click for High Res]

[voxerver]

UNPROFOR Leopard 1A5DK

Operation Bøllebank was the first combat operation conducted by Danish Armed Forces since World War II. In April 1994, a Danish contingent with elements of the Jydske Dragonregiment on peacekeeping duty in Bosnia, as part of UNPROFORs Nordic battalion (Nordbat 2) located in Tuzla, was ambushed, when trying to relieve a Swedish and Norwegian observation post, Tango 2, that was under heavy artillery fire by the Bosnian Serb Šekovići brigade at the village of Kalesija, but the ambush was dispersed when the UN forces retaliated with heavy fire. 

The incident

The ambush started with shelling near Saraci, 8 km southeast from Tuzla, which was ignored. The column, however, came under attack by anti-tank missiles when they reached the village of Kalesija, further east. The UNPROFOR column requested air support, which was rejected. Due to restrictive rules of engagement imposed by the United Nations, Lt. Colonel Lars R. Møller was hesitant, but he decided to return fire. The attack on them ceased after this, but intensified again later, provoking an even stronger response.

The seven German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks fired 72 rounds and destroyed several Serb artillery pieces, an ammunition dump and several bunkers. Serb forces brought three T-55 tanks to the scene, but apparently the Danes did not engage them, as they made no offensive moves. The Leopards, however, fired 19 armour-piercing rounds. The Danes could see in their thermal tank sights that the guns on the T-55s were cold and therefore had not taken part in the engagement according to a non-official report. However, an Italian source claimed that, despite the UNPROFOR rules of engagement, the three T-55s were hit by the Leopards.

Post-incident

This was the first time a Leopard 1 fired its guns in anger and was one of the largest engagements that took place between UNPROFOR forces and military units involved in the war in Bosnia. It was also the first time since WWII that Danish soldiers were involved in combat operations.

The Danish commander characterized the incident with the words: “The mouse ate the cat” and subsequently named it “Operation Hooligan Bashing”.

Another incident took place later that year between Danish peacekeepers and Serb forces near Gradačac in the course of the Operation Amanda.

[a--mysterious-stranger]

Starting today off right. 

Finally got a Master class game in my Leopard 1. Glad I could get this before the new tier 10 lights ravage my lightly armored hull -_-