Re: CMD Future Wars products

Date sent:  19-AUG-1996 15:03:15 

>>Good point. However, it DOESN'T look like a WWI tank! And I'm not 
>>sure, but doesn't the Leopard II have a lower profile than the Tiger?

>Definately not WWI at all. I think the Loepard II is like 1-2' shorter,
>though I think just as wide. It's just strange to me (though I LOVE the
>look) That the US and UK are sloped in design, the Warsaw pact has
>rounded edges, but the germans still have the flat blockish design.
>Rumor has it that the Leopard III has sloped sides though.
>Paul

Don't the German tanks have more room in the turret (The reason for
not slopeing) giving them a higher rate of fire than most other
MBTs (As the crew have more room to work)?

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