Suggestion for a new US/German Tier 10 medium tank (no clone)
Дата: 22.09.2020 08:11:46
PrimarchRogalDorn, on Sep 21 2020 - 22:06, said: KPz 70 was never planned to have the 120, all tanks were to be built with the 152mm gun-launcher
Einzelganger7:
Germany wanted to make modifications with a project named Keiler.
"In 1969, the whole joint MBT 70 program became apparent in jeopardy. Thereupon, the development of the now modified main battle tank with a driver installed conventionally in the hull (In the KPz 70, he was installed in the turret) under the name of “Keiler” (wild boar) was pushed further. The official end of the MBT 70 program came in the early 70s, largely due to skyrocketing cost overruns." Source: https://tanks-encycl.../Leopard-2.php
"The Germans were planning to use the MBT-70 in combination with the Keiler, a tank equipped with a Rheinmetall 120mm smoothbore gun. Therefore, a suggestion was made to base a version of the Keiler on the MBT-70 chassis — this version was nicknamed Eber, but only a wooden mock-up was made. According to the German plans, the MBT-70 would destroy enemies at long ranges, while the Keiler would have an effective combat range of up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft)." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBT-70
I know there's a lot of detailed information lost about this tank project but the fact Germany planned to modify the Kpz 70 turret to use their 120mm cannon is there and you can see it, now a plan doesn't mean it was a fact since this project was cancelled in the end. If in the end they'd decided to put them in the game and they were just reskins with identical stats it's still fine by me, I'd just like to see each having a unique feature that would differentiate them.
Germany wanted to make modifications with a project named Keiler.
"In 1969, the whole joint MBT 70 program became apparent in jeopardy. Thereupon, the development of the now modified main battle tank with a driver installed conventionally in the hull (In the KPz 70, he was installed in the turret) under the name of “Keiler” (wild boar) was pushed further. The official end of the MBT 70 program came in the early 70s, largely due to skyrocketing cost overruns." Source: https://tanks-encycl.../Leopard-2.php
"The Germans were planning to use the MBT-70 in combination with the Keiler, a tank equipped with a Rheinmetall 120mm smoothbore gun. Therefore, a suggestion was made to base a version of the Keiler on the MBT-70 chassis — this version was nicknamed Eber, but only a wooden mock-up was made. According to the German plans, the MBT-70 would destroy enemies at long ranges, while the Keiler would have an effective combat range of up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft)." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBT-70
I know there's a lot of detailed information lost about this tank project but the fact Germany planned to modify the Kpz 70 turret to use their 120mm cannon is there and you can see it, now a plan doesn't mean it was a fact since this project was cancelled in the end. If in the end they'd decided to put them in the game and they were just reskins with identical stats it's still fine by me, I'd just like to see each having a unique feature that would differentiate them.
Suggestion for a new US/German Tier 10 medium tank (no clone)