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2007-03-11 14:47:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
These two tanks have similiar capabilities. There isnt a huge different in the manuverbility and the speed to make a different in combat. Both tank's fire control are world class, and both have a 120 mm cannon. The thing that sets these two tanks apart is the protection. Abram probably has the protection in the world with its uraniam reactive armour. The Leopard doesnt have that. Also, the Abram uses depleted urianum rounds as opposed to the tungsting rounds that the Leopard uses. THe urianum rounds have more penetrability due to its heavier densitiy. Because of these two factors, i would take the Abram.
2007-03-11 16:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by PackLover 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Abrams tank has a higher max. speed, being 72km/h, while the leapard is at 65km/h. The Abrams has a 120mm main gun, while the Leapard has a 105mm main gun. The Abrams has a higher power to weight ratio, being that of 24hp/tonne, and the Leapard having 19.7hp/tonne. The Abrams also has a range of advanced features that the Leapard does not have, being advanced NBC protection, more armour and just a better all round vibe.
Take your pick...cheers
josh
2007-03-11 22:08:25 · answer #2 · answered by josh a 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
M1Abrams, Challenger, L'Clair (sp), T-90S, Merkava Mk 4.....I'd say the latest model of Leopard II Main Battle Tank.
Abrams are fast, T-90s and Leclerc are faster. Merkava 3&4 are faster offroad.
All modern tanks can hit moving targets while they're moving. Leclerc and Merkava4 can do it even better through FCS-integrated autotracker and T-90 even much better through bore-launched ATGMs.
German Rh120mm/L55 tungsten, israeli-improved 120mm GIAT tungsten and russian 125mm BM-44 U-Ni-Zn-alloy rounds have the same power through higher velocity (1750-1800 m/s instead of Abrams 1650 m/s)
And in HEAT-rounds soviets always led anyway, their new tandem charge HEAT-round with DU-liner has 800mm RHA-penetration.
I think, what gives me the choice of Leopard, besides the german history of good tank design, is their ability to deploy infra-decoys and smoke screens to hide from enemy tanks and heat seeking missiles.
I watched a comparison on the Hist-Military Channel
the latest model is the Leopard 2A6EX (German). Though when you think of it...many other tanks have infrared decoys and/or smoke grenades.
2007-03-11 22:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People say Leapard but I would go for Abrams.
2007-03-12 07:00:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tropango 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The one with the best crew.
2007-03-11 22:00:59 · answer #5 · answered by kevin t 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋