Cold War Tiger Tank MBT

leopard_1a1_502.jpg

The 1A1 still had the original roundish cast turret and no applique plates, but had the rubber skirts, the armor upgrades resulting in the 1A2 didn't happen till the early '70s.

So you had 35mm on the upper hull sides, 25mm lower and 15mm on the hull floor, and 60 on the turret sides. That's not good for mines and the B-60/RPG-6

The M41 had 38mm on the Hull floor in the fighting compartment

They were known as the Heinz mark 57 tanks. The armour was about as thick as a baked bean can and after taking a hit the crew would look the same as the beans.
 
leopard_1a1_502.jpg

The 1A1 still had the original roundish cast turret and no applique plates, but had the rubber skirts, the armor upgrades resulting in the 1A2 didn't happen till the early '70s.

So you had 35mm on the upper hull sides, 25mm lower and 15mm on the hull floor, and 60 on the turret sides. That's not good for mines and the B-60/RPG-6

The M41 had 38mm on the Hull floor in the fighting compartment

According to the wiki article which is very short on references and I am struggling to find other stuff, the 1a1a1 got more turret armour in 1973, the 1a2 got a new turret with more armour, the 1a3 got the welded spaced armour. But wtf does this mean in practice; that the 70mm figure was obsolete by 1973? If so what are the figures in the 70s?
 
According to the wiki article which is very short on references and I am struggling to find other stuff, the 1a1a1 got more turret armour in 1973, the 1a2 got a new turret with more armour, the 1a3 got the welded spaced armour. But wtf does this mean in practice; that the 70mm figure was obsolete by 1973? If so what are the figures in the 70s?

Here's what I have on the 1A, that would apply to everything up to 1973
Hull front: 70 mm
Hull sides upper: 35 mm
Hull sides lower: 25 mm
Hull top: 10 mm
Hull rear: 25 mm
Hull floor: 15 mm
Turret front: 52 mm
Turret mantlet: 60 mm
Turret sides: 60 mm
Turret rear: 60 mm

The B-40 the VC and NVA had penetrated 150mm of armor, the B-50 180mm, with a 150 Meter range

The M-41 was shaped pretty well
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