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UNIQUE ID 297: LEOPARD TANK

(Model: Group A Prototypes)

The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Britain

(Location: Tank Story Hall)


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Unique ID: 297
Added to Database: July 2008
Last Edited: 20 March 2012
Type (ID): Leopard (400)
Model (ID): Group A Prototypes (680)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
Location (ID): Tank Story Hall (3004)
Serial Number: J03.
Registration: “Y-209859” (German) painted on glacis. Also “02 SP 60” (British).
Name:
Other Identification: “7218” painted on front right mud flap. “L03” painted on glacis plate. Standard unit code number “91872110”. German crosses painted on hull sides.
Collection Reference: E1970.250. (Accession 25070, Entry 1970.1020).
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
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Location History:
(see map)

1: Porsche AG, Stuttgart (Prime contractor - multiple manufacturers)
2: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (1965/6 - 1970)
3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


This Leopard is displayed on a section of bridge from a bridgelayer tank. It was manufactured in 1962.
Its number “L03” indicates that it was built by Luther & Jordan of Braunschweig who built seventeen examples; “7218” was the number assigned to it while being tested at MVEE. In the summer of 1989 it was fitted with the Royal Ordnance 105mm Improved Weapons System gun for a trial fit but it was subsequently returned to its original condition with the 105mm L7. The tank was also painted in a version of the German Fleckentarnanstrich camouflage scheme later adopted as the standard NATO pattern by some countries. (Source: Museum Vehicle Record).

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March 2011

Front right view
1: Front right view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7202
Added: 24 March 2012
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Front right view
2: Front right view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7203
Added: 24 March 2012
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Front view
3: Front view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7204
Added: 24 March 2012
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Right view
4: Right view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7205
Added: 24 March 2012
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October 2008

Front right view
5: Front right view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4026
Added: 24 November 2010
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Front right view
6: Front right view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4027
Added: 24 November 2010
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October 1982

Front left view
7: Front left view

Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6752
Added: 12 February 2012
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