MBT-70 eksperimentel – Billeder og video

Foto stormvejr af en MBT-70 Eksperimentel, The MBT-70 (German: KPz 70) was a 1960s German-U.S. joint project to develop a new main battle tank, which was to be equipped with a number of advanced features. It utilized a newly developed hydropneumatic “kneeling” suspension and housed the entire crew in the large turret. The MBT-70 was armed with a 152mm XM150 gun/launcher, which could use conventional ammunition and the Shillelagh missile for long range combat. By 1969 the project was well over budget and Germany withdrew from the effort, developing a new main battle tank on their own instead (the Leopard 2). In the US the development continued for a short time, until in 1971 when Congress cancelled the program. The MBT-70 is the failed predecessor of the Leopard 2 and the M1 Abrams, the current main battle tanks of both countries.

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Den MBT-70 Eksperimentel was a prototype of a new main battle tank that was developed jointly by the United States and West Germany in the 1960s. The project aimed to create a tank that could counter the Soviet threat in Europe, using advanced technologies such as a hydropneumatic suspension that allowed the tank to adjust its height and angle, a 152 mm gun/launcher that could fire both conventional shells and guided missiles, and a spacious turret that housed the three-man crew and all the controls and equipment.
MBT-70 Experimental blev designet til at være hurtig, adræt, velbevæbnet og velbeskyttet, men den stod også over for mange udfordringer og vanskeligheder under udviklingen. Projektet led under dårlig kommunikation og koordinering mellem de to lande, modstridende krav og specifikationer, tekniske problemer og forsinkelser og eskalerende omkostninger. MBT-70 Experimental nåede aldrig masseproduktion og blev til sidst annulleret i 1971, efter at Vesttyskland trak sig ud af projektet i 1969. Erfaringerne og teknologien fra MBT-70 Experimental blev senere brugt til at udvikle M1 Abrams til USA og Leopard 2 til Vesttyskland, som blev to af de mest succesrige hovedkampvogne i historien.