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German or a US tank this was the
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question before the Swiss Federal
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1980s at the time the choice was to
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purchase a new main combat tank for the
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Swiss Army to replace the obsolete Panza
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68 which had been used from the 1960s
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2000s as a reminder Switzerland
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initially explored the possibility of
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domestically developing a new main
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battle tank called the Panza 2000 to
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replace its aging Fleet of Panza
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68s however Switzerland eventually
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canceled the Panza 2000 program before
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production the primary reasons for
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scrapping the domestic replacement plan
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were the prohibitively high development
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and acquisition costs involved and
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concerns about the limited export Market
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potential for the Panza 2000 outside of
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itself in 1979 the Swiss National
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Council decided that the successor would
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no longer be a Swiss development because
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expensive the Panza 68 shortcomings such
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as missing the Target because the cannon
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slipped most certainly influenced the
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decision two modern Western tanks were
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available for selection the Abrams M1
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from the USA and The Leopard 2 from
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Germany entered the evaluation process
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from August 1981 to June 1982 the Swiss
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Army subjected the two tanks to numerous
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tests this included their Cannon St
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strength and accuracy agility and
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Mobility on the terrain the shooting
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tests took place at the Panza shooting
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range in hinter Heim in the Canton of
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grow bundon the Swiss Army also reviewed
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other technical information about the
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candidates for example despite having
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heavier armor the American candidate was
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slightly lighter in battle the German
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candidates was 55 tons while this one
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was 54.3 tons both engines had 1500 hor
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power which is the same as 150 KW but
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the M1 is powered by a diesel powered
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gas engine while a 12-cylinder turbo
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diesel Powers The Leopard 2 the M1 can
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go faster than its German rival 72 km/
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hour versus 68 km/ hour however the
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leopard 2 uses a lot less gas than the
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M1 it uses about 200 L of diesel every
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100 km while the M1 uses 400 L both of
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them cost about 5 million Swiss Franks
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each back then they even took part in an
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acceleration race with a VW Golf as part
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of the test the tanks could keep up with
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the car for the first 70 M there was a
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time when the M1 needed less than 6
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seconds to dash to 30 km hour so why did
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The Leopard 2 win the Swiss tender
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during the tests in Switzerland the
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probability of hitting the target with
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the first shot for the leopard 2 using
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apfsds ammunition targets sized 2.3 is
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2.3 and 4.6 2.3 M at a distance of of
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1500 M both on the move and from a
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stationary position ranged from
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86.3% for heat MP ammunition the
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probability of hitting with the first
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63.1% compared to the M1 Abrams with 105
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mm gun The Leopard 2 had a 10% higher
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probability of hitting with the first
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shot allowing for faster Target
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detection according to calculations in a
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possible Jewel between the M1 and The
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Leopard 2 tank the latter would win by 2
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.6 to 3.8 regarding Mobility The Leopard
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2 was considered easier to handle and
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consumed only 5.2 L compared to 10.1 L
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per kilometer traveled the leopard 2
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required 55 repairs during the tests
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totaling 43 hours the abrs required 179
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repairs totaling 229 hours in total it
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was considered that the Abrams required
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higher crew training The Leopard 2
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emerged Victorious from The Duel this
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was partly because a large part of the
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380 tanks ordered could be built under
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license by the Swiss company contraves
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rug on March 27th 1987 the first Panza
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87 leopard as the official designation
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goes was delivered to the Swiss Army the
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Swiss Army overhauled 134 tanks from
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2011 these are still in use by the Swiss
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Army the Swiss Army converted 12 others
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into engineer or mine clearing tanks
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the Army currently keeps some Leopard 2
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tanks as reserves while the remaining
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tanks have been sold or decommissioned
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the Army's plans for further development
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include using the leopard 2 for as long
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as possible probably until around
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2035 the Swiss Army expects no
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disadvantages as modern tanks still
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function the same way as the leopard
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service however a successor is
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questionable as the requirements have
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also changed the Swiss Army PL to
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procure modular tanks depending on the
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intended use they would equip their
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uniform base differently the
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possibilities range from Troop
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Transporters to reconnaissance vehicles
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tanks now do you think the M2 Abrams can
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defeat Leopard 2 latest version in such
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