Re: Vehicle Recognition

KH Ranitzsch wrote:

>No I was thinking about picture #13. 

Ah, that one... the turret is quite similar to a Leo 1A3 or later, but
the hull shape is all wrong. It confused me too at first.

>Looking more closely it has an Italian flag on the number plate. Or is
>that a French flag ? 

French, though I couldn't determine which either at first (red-green
colourblind). Fortunately French or Italian doesn't matter in the "Foe
or Friend" test (the NSL hasn't split off yet ;-) ), and in the
nomenclature test you get four alternatives to choose from - and it was
none of the other three <g>

>In the latter case it would have to be some AMX 30 variant with
angular >turret, if such a beast exists.

There was an AMX-30 variant with an angular turret (and a bunch of
other upgrades) called the AMX-32, but this is its bigger brother
AMX-40 (quite different hull shape, 120mm gun instead of 105mm). 

Both of these were designed for the export market, but AFAIK never
actually sold to anyone... not sure why the AMX-40 is included in the
tests when you're not really likely to encounter it in the field
<shrug>

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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