Leopard 1 A1A1 - My "029"
Sometime between 1982 and 84
- Scale:
- 1:35
- Status:
- Ideas
- Started:
- February 12, 2012
This model shall become my good old "029". We called the tanks by the last 3 digits of their licence plate numbers. I was Bundeswehr tank commander of 029 at 4./Pz.Btl.63 in Arolsen (now Bad Arolsen) in Northern Hesse. Unfortunately I have only 1 photo..., but I still remember that for about 1-2 weeks I had painted a white Playboy bunny on the searchlight bin until... our platoon leader captain Löffler discovered it and ordered a soldier to paint it over. I will try to finish the model with the bunny.
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12 February 2012, 19:04
Jürgen SchulzHi Frank, nice plan. Looks like that is a 2nd. batch production. Are you sure that your pltn leader was a captain? This is rather unusual since back in the 80s sometimes even the CO was a 1st lieutenant. Especially at the time he took over the command.
16 December 2012, 10:51
Burkhard DSomehow the 'green' uniform was cooler than todays 'Flecktarn'. I was a maintenance mechanic back then with 2./InstBtl 6. We called the black berets 'Oelmuetze' or 'Kettenpolster' - ours were red, of course. 😉
16 December 2012, 12:11
Frank KrauseThanks, Jürgen! I'll try my best. Mmh, second batch? To be honest... no idea! At that time we didn't care about it. It was said that it is an Leopard 1 A1A1. It had already the round shaped inter phone box (Aussenbordsprechanlage).
What is for sure, that our platoon leader was a "Hauptmann" (three silver starts on the shoulder badge). I translated this to captain.
16 December 2012, 14:38
Jürgen SchulzIf the intercom box on the rear was round, it should be a 2nd batch. There are no lifting eyes - which were introduced with the 3rd batch - visible. Maybe you could make a small step to the right?😉
I used to be the leader of a maintenance group for Leopard 1 in MITTENWALD. We were responsible for the maintenance of the GebPzBtl 8 and the GebPzAufklBtl 8.
I really love this AFV.
16 December 2012, 15:44
Frank KrauseHi Jürgen, no lifting eye is confirmed, so it must be 2nd batch, but I remember, that we must have quite a mix of batches in our platoon. We also got one Leopard still with the square intercom box, but with add-on armor. And there were also some with different exhaust grills and lifting hooks in front.
16 December 2012, 17:00
