The Kampfpanzer Leopard, subsequently Leopard 1 following the introduction of the successive Leopard 2, is a main battle tank designed by Porsche, and manufactured by Krauss-Maffei in West Germany, th
German Leopard 1A5 at the 2015 Military Day in Uffenheim
Several early Leopard tanks (0-series prototypes) preparing for parade duty, distinguished by the centrally-mounted IR/white searchlight and rectangular loader's hatch.
Bundeswehr Leopard 1 in 1967
The Royal Ordnance L7, officially designated Gun, 105 mm, Tank, L7, is the basic model of the United Kingdom's most successful tank gun. It is a 105 mm L/52 rifled design by the Royal Ordnance Factori
Leopard 1
…being rivaled by the French AMX-30 and Swedish Strv 103. The main armament of the Leopard consists of a German license-built version of the British Royal Ordnance L7 105 mm rifled gun, one of the most effective and widespread tank guns of the era. The design started as a collaborative project during the 1950s between…
An L7 mounted on a Centurion Mark 5
Model of L7 gun barrel cut to show rifling inside, on display at the Deutsches Panzermuseum
62 caliber ZPL-94 on a Type 88A tank
ZPL-98A rifled gun mounted on the ZTL-11 assault vehicle