Military History Visualized's video: Leopards for Ukraine: Scrap or Wunderwaffe

There is a discussion in Germany about sending Leopard 1s to Ukraine. The question is how good these tanks are and how the Ukrainian forces could deploy them. In this video we look at the capabilities of the Leopard 1 in regards to the T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks. The chairman of Rheinmetall stated that in a few months 50 could be shipped. There are an additional 100 in storage with the company FFG. Meanwhile the German chancellor is reluctant. The general public opinion is in favor of sending heavy weapons to Ukraine. Cover from Stahl auf der Heide 2017, permission granted courtesy of the Panzermuseum Munster. Modified by vonKickass and MHV. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Hilmes, Rolf: Kampfpanzer Leopard 1: Entwicklung, Serie, Komponenten. 1. Auflage, Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2019. Lobitz, Frank: Kampfpanzer LEOPARD 1 in der Bundeswehr - Frühe Jahre. Tankograd Publishing: Erlangen, Germany, 2006. Lobitz, Frank: Kampfpanzer LEOPARD 1 in der Bundeswehr - Späte Jahre. Tankograd Publishing: Erlangen, Germany, 2006. Hilmes, Rolf: Meilensteine der Panzerentwicklung Panzerkonzepte und Baugruppentechnologie. Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2020. Zaloga, Steven J.: T-72 main battle tank 1974-93. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2003. Zaloga, Steve: T-64 Battle Tank: The Cold War’s most Secret Tank. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2015. Zaloga, Steven J.: T-80 Standard Tank: The Soviet Army’s Last Armored Champion. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2009. Zaloga, Steven J.: T-90 Standard Tank: The First Tank of the New Russia. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2018. Ogorkiewicz, Richard M.: Tanks: 100 Years of Evolution. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2015. Jens’ first Leopard thread: https://twitter.com/jagdfliegen/status/1513949123283759112 Jens second Leopard thread: https://twitter.com/jagdfliegen/status/1514490562862366727 https://elbitsystems.com/media/Catalog-Tanks_15_Web.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/105%C3%97617mm https://twitter.com/c_lindner/status/1515013773794414594 https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-journal/streit-um-waffenlieferungen-100.html https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/olaf-scholz-bewilligt-laut-reuters-zwei-milliarden-euro-militaerhilfe-grossteil-fuer-die-ukraine-a-d31936f7-da3e-4505-abfd-16f1ce21e8ac https://twitter.com/KampfmitKette/status/1514343012809293828 https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/militaer-verteidigung/id_92012300/umfrage-mehrheit-der-deutschen-fuer-lieferung-von-schweren-waffen-an-ukraine.html https://www.handelsblatt.com/dpa/politik-rheinmetall-will-leopard-kampfpanzer-in-die-ukraine-liefern/28244758.html https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ukraine-waffen-baerbock-eu-aussenminister-103.html https://www.janes.com/defence-news/ukraine-conflict-rheinmetall-prepared-to-supply-leopard-1s-to-kyiv/ https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/rheinmetall_ag/group/gremien/executive_board/biografien_1/index.php https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/hjpg3c/russian_tanks_with_thermals_list_my_most_accrate/ 00:00 Disclaimer 00:11 Introduction 00:45 News / Political Situation in Germany 01:41 German Public Opinion 03:00 Just old Scrap Metal? 04:33 Firepower 08:58 Armor Protection 9:39 Mobility 10:46 Ergonomics 12:07 Potential Employment of the Leopard 1 in Ukrainian Service 14:32 Concerns: Training & Logistics 16:10 Summary , ,