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Dutch Leopard 1 - Armoured Fist of the Royal Dutch Army

By: Trackpad Publishing

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Military Vehicle Books (Trackpad Publishing)


Product Info

Title
Dutch Leopard 1 - Armoured Fist of the Royal Dutch Army
Category
Author
Willem Smit
Publish Year
2020
Pages
80
Dimensions
8.25x11.5x.25"
NKG Part #
2148127690
Type
Softcover

Description

At the end of 1969, the first of 468 Leopard 1 tanks from the German manufacturer Kraus-Maffei were transferred to the Royal Dutch Army. The Dutch cavalrymen had waited anxiously for this new, reliable and above all, mobile tank which would partially replace Centurion. The superiority of the Warsaw Pact saw NATO forced to act in a mobile fight. In the eighties, the Leopard underwent an extensive improvement involving the military, the press and politics. After the fall of the iron curtain, and after twenty years of service, the end came for this defining tank within the Dutch Army.