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| caption            = A Leontas 1M2 of the 10th Armoured Brigade.
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| type              = Main Battle Tank
| type              = Main Battle Tank

Revision as of 00:01, 22 October 2019

Leontas 1
Leontas 1 camo.png
A Leontas 1M2 of the 10th Armoured Brigade, c. 1985.
TypeMain Battle Tank
Place of origin Aetolia
Service history
In service1974-Present
Used bysee users
Production history
DesignerAITBO
Designed1968-1974
ManufacturerELVO
Produced1971 (Leontas 1 prototype)
Specifications (Main Battle Tank)
Weight50 tonnes
Length9,77 m (32 ft)
Width3.6 m (11.8 ft)
Height2.59 m (8.0 ft)
Crew3

ArmorSteel and composite armour, later with ERA.
Main
armament
127 mm LPA-74 smoothbore gun
Secondary
armament
1 × .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB heavy machine gun with 900 rounds
1 x 7.62 mm MG3A1 (4,750 rounds)
EngineAchelos MBO1 diesel engine,
870 hp
Payload capacityx42 main gun rounds, x5,650 machine gun rounds
SuspensionTorsion-bars, hydraulic dampers
Operational
range
600 km
Speed60 km/h

The Leontas 1 (Leontas meaning Lion in Aetolian) is a Aetoliian main battle tank that entered service in 1974. The Leontas 2 was designed by the then recently nationalised AITBO (Aitoliki Biomichania Oplon; Aetolian Weapons Industry), and for the most part produced at its factories. Featuring a - for the time large - 127 mm gun, it was also the first domestic Aetolian main battle tank to feature composite armour. It was mass produced to replace older Aetolian MBTs in service at the time, and its heavily upgraded variants are still used in large numbers by the Aetolian Armed Forces.

Development and design

Service history

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Variants

See also

Tanks of comparable role, performance and era