Re: [OT] Sea Leopard

It sure didn't meet the weight to stress ratio, especially when the
turret
looks
to be the same size (without reinforcement) as the standard LEO A2.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Llaneza" <maserati@speakeasy.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Sea Leopard

> There's a vertical editing line right through the middle of the
turret,
> so I'd say that we have a nice hoax here. I sincerely hope nobody
built
> a modern MBT with three main guns, thats just scary.
>
> K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:
>
> >Hello everybody
> >
> >Today I came across the home page of the plastic modellers' club of
> >Lüneburg. They have a page devoted to a hitherto secret variant of
the
> >Leopard II ( http://www.pmcl.de/sms.htm ). The Sea-Leopard was a
cooperative
> >development of the German and Danish navies for coastal defence
purposes.
> >The page has a photo of the only existing prototype, at the Danish
armour
> >school in Esbjerg. The club will present a model at their next
convention
> >
> >Greetings
> >Karl Heinz
> >
> >PS.Please note that the page was posted on April 1st 2002 ;-)
> >
> >
> >
>