Leopard 1A5 (Italy) - Revision history

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The Leopard 1a5 (introduced in [[Update "New Power"]].) is a tank used by Italy during the last stages of the cold war. The Leopard 1a5 Italy used was actually a hybrid due to the hull being a hull from the Leopard 1a2 family that Italy also used and license produced by OTO Melara. Italy initially looked to upgrade their own Leopard 1A2's and 1A1's with some advanced FCS made in Italy, but ultimately opted to go with the Leopard 1a5 turret. These new tanks would be delivered between 1971 and 1972 followed by two batches built by OTO Melara under licence, which became one of the bulkheads in the Italian army alongside the American M60, of which Italy also license produced. The Leopard 1a5 would mainly serve in the Italian army as part of the KFOR taskforce. In game, The Leopard 1A5 is the final evolution of the [[Leopard 1 (Family)|Leopard 1 family]], and thus offers some very competitive tools at the players' disposal. It plays very similarly to the OF-40's, the weakspots for the most part are the same. What the Leopard 1a5 is great at is being a sniper, the zoom levels together with the thermal imager allows the 1a5 to easily pick off enemies from afar. The mobility when stock sadly is not the greatest but as soon as you unlock the modules you can get to places around the battlefield at around the same speed as the rest of your team. In terms of armament the Leopard 1a5 is equipped with a NATO standard [[L7A3 (105 mm)|105 mm L7A3]] cannon. This cannon is able to fire a multitide of munitions which includes APFSDS rounds. This allows the tank to be able to destroy pretty much any tank it will face at its battle rating. Survivability wise the Italian 1a5 features a laser warning reciever, unlike its German counterpart. The LWR will be more useful than you think, but besides that the tank has relatively poor armour. Even IFV's will easily go through the armour meaning you need to be a bit more stategic with what enemies you decide to engage. It has a huge ammo rack at the front of the hull, so any shot there twill usually take you and the rest of the crew out of the battle. Overall, the Leopard 1a5 can be a great tank to add to your lineup, just keep in mind what its poor at and what its good at.
+The Leopard 1A5 was used by Italy during the last stages of the Cold War. It was actually a hybrid, consisting of a hull from the Leopard 1A2 family that Italy also used and licence-produced by OTO Melara, and the turret of the Leopard 1A5. Italy initially looked to upgrade their own Leopard 1A2s and 1A1s with an advanced Italian-made FCS, but ultimately opted to go with the Leopard 1A5 turret. These new tanks would be delivered between 1971 and 1972 followed by two batches built by OTO Melara under licence, which became one of the bulkheads of the Italian army alongside the American M60, which Italy also licence-produced. The Leopard 1A5 would mainly serve in the Italian army as part of the KFOR taskforce.
 == General info ==

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 The turret of the Leopard 1A5 is immediately distinguished by the application of the additional passive armour designed by Blohm und Voss, adopted for the first time in Germany in 1975 on the A1A1 subversion; the protection extends over 360° from the 1st shield of the gun to the rear rack for the turret equipment consists of eleven armoured panels with rubber coatings spaced about 10 cm from the main armour by the use of bolts, mounted on elastic supports. Thanks to a zip opening on the additional armour, it was still possible to use the crewman's circular hatch to load ammunition and eject shells that have already been fired.
 [[File:Leopard 1A5 ready to be demolished.png|thumb|Leopard 1A5 ready to be demolished]]
-What made the Leopard 1A5 more potent and distinct from the previous versions was the additions of a night imaging and thermal imaging camera, laser rangefinder, laser warning system (only present on the Italian 1A5) and a electro-hydraulic stabilization system for its armament. Due to all these new additions, such as the installation of new firing systems and stabilization systems, it would cause a reduction to 55 transportable shells for the 105 mm cannon. Typically on board the Italian army would bring 27 APDS or APFSDS, 16 HEAT, 6 HESH, and 6 WP. The Leopard 1A5's service in the Italian army would mainly be during the war in the Balkans, in which Italy took part in the various peacekeeping missions, but ultimately they never saw action. Most of the Leopard 1A5s would quickly be put out of service during the late 1990s as from 1995, the new Italian-made C1 Ariete MBT would be delivered. All the Leopard 1A5s would then either be turned into static displays or sent to the Italian military graveyard at Lenta. There were plans to sell them to an undisclosed south american country however that never went anywhere.
+What made the Leopard 1A5 more potent and distinct from the previous versions was the additions of a night imaging and thermal imaging camera, laser rangefinder, laser warning system (only present on the Italian 1A5) and a electro-hydraulic stabilization system for its armament. Due to all these new additions, such as the installation of new firing systems and stabilization systems, it would cause a reduction to 55 transportable shells for the 105 mm cannon. Typically on board the Italian army would bring 27 APDS or APFSDS, 16 HEAT, 6 HESH, and 6 WP. The Leopard 1A5's service in the Italian army would mainly be during the war in the Balkans, in which Italy took part in the various peacekeeping missions, but ultimately they never saw action. Most of the Leopard 1A5s would quickly be put out of service during the late 1990s as from 1995, the new Italian-made C1 Ariete MBT would be delivered. All the Leopard 1A5s would then either be turned into static displays or sent to the Italian military graveyard at Lenta. There were plans to sell them to an undisclosed South American country however that never went anywhere.
 == Media ==
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 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="200">
+<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="150">
 File:Leopard 1A5 (Italy) Fire (1).png|
 File:Leopard 1A5 (Italy) Fire (2).png|
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 * ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
 * [[Leopard 1A5]]
 == External links ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.'' -->
-* http://www.ferreamole.it/images/leopard1a5/leopard1a5_01.htm
+* [http://www.ferreamole.it/images/leopard1a5/leopard1a5_01.htm <nowiki>[FERREA MOLE]</nowiki> Leopard 1A5] (in Italian)
-* http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product234.html
+* [http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product234.html <nowiki>[Army Guide]</nowiki> Leopard 1A5]
 {{TankManufacturer KMW}}
 {{Italy medium tanks}}

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Italian medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "New Power"]].
+The Leopard 1a5 (introduced in [[Update "New Power"]].) is a tank used by Italy during the last stages of the cold war. The Leopard 1a5 Italy used was actually a hybrid due to the hull being a hull from the Leopard 1a2 family that Italy also used and license produced by OTO Melara. Italy initially looked to upgrade their own Leopard 1A2's and 1A1's with some advanced FCS made in Italy, but ultimately opted to go with the Leopard 1a5 turret. These new tanks would be delivered between 1971 and 1972 followed by two batches built by OTO Melara under licence, which became one of the bulkheads in the Italian army alongside the American M60, of which Italy also license produced. The Leopard 1a5 would mainly serve in the Italian army as part of the KFOR taskforce. In game, The Leopard 1A5 is the final evolution of the [[Leopard 1 (Family)|Leopard 1 family]], and thus offers some very competitive tools at the players' disposal. It plays very similarly to the OF-40's, the weakspots for the most part are the same. What the Leopard 1a5 is great at is being a sniper, the zoom levels together with the thermal imager allows the 1a5 to easily pick off enemies from afar. The mobility when stock sadly is not the greatest but as soon as you unlock the modules you can get to places around the battlefield at around the same speed as the rest of your team. In terms of armament the Leopard 1a5 is equipped with a NATO standard [[L7A3 (105 mm)|105 mm L7A3]] cannon. This cannon is able to fire a multitide of munitions which includes APFSDS rounds. This allows the tank to be able to destroy pretty much any tank it will face at its battle rating. Survivability wise the Italian 1a5 features a laser warning reciever, unlike its German counterpart. The LWR will be more useful than you think, but besides that the tank has relatively poor armour. Even IFV's will easily go through the armour meaning you need to be a bit more stategic with what enemies you decide to engage. It has a huge ammo rack at the front of the hull, so any shot there twill usually take you and the rest of the crew out of the battle. Overall, the Leopard 1a5 can be a great tank to add to your lineup, just keep in mind what its poor at and what its good at.
 == General info ==

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 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
-* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
+* [[Leopard 1A5]]
-* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
+* [[Leopard 1 (Family)]]
 == External links ==
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 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
-* ''topic on the official game forum;''
+* http://www.ferreamole.it/images/leopard1a5/leopard1a5_01.htm
-* ''other literature.''
+* http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product234.html
 {{TankManufacturer KMW}}
 {{Italy medium tanks}}

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 The turret of the Leopard 1A5 is immediately distinguished by the application of the additional passive armour designed by Blohm und Voss, adopted for the first time in Germany in 1975 on the A1A1 subversion; the protection extends over 360° from the 1st shield of the gun to the rear rack for the turret equipment consists of eleven armoured panels with rubber coatings spaced about 10 cm from the main armour by the use of bolts, mounted on elastic supports. Thanks to a zip opening on the additional armour, it was still possible to use the crewman's circular hatch to load ammunition and eject shells that have already been fired.
 [[File:Leopard 1A5 ready to be demolished.png|thumb|Leopard 1A5 ready to be demolished]]
-What made the Leopard 1A5 more potent and distinct from the previous versions was the additions of a night imaging and thermal imaging camera, laser rangefinder, laser warning system (only present on the Italian 1A5) and a electro-hydraulic stabilization system for its armament. Due to all these new additions, such as the installation of new firing systems and stabilization systems, it would cause a reduction to 55 transportable shells for the 105 mm cannon. Typically on board the Italian army would bring 27 APDS or APFSDS, 16 HEAT, 6 HESH, and 6 WP. The Leopard 1A5's service in the Italian army would mainly be during the war in the Balkans, in which Italy took part in the various peacekeeping missions, but ultimately they never saw action. Most of the Leopard 1A5s would quickly be put out of service during the late 1990s as from 1995, the new Italian-made C1 Ariete MBT would be delivered. All the Leopard 1A5s would then either be turned into static displays or sent to the Italian military graveyard at Lenta, later to be brought back to life and majority sold to Brazil.
+What made the Leopard 1A5 more potent and distinct from the previous versions was the additions of a night imaging and thermal imaging camera, laser rangefinder, laser warning system (only present on the Italian 1A5) and a electro-hydraulic stabilization system for its armament. Due to all these new additions, such as the installation of new firing systems and stabilization systems, it would cause a reduction to 55 transportable shells for the 105 mm cannon. Typically on board the Italian army would bring 27 APDS or APFSDS, 16 HEAT, 6 HESH, and 6 WP. The Leopard 1A5's service in the Italian army would mainly be during the war in the Balkans, in which Italy took part in the various peacekeeping missions, but ultimately they never saw action. Most of the Leopard 1A5s would quickly be put out of service during the late 1990s as from 1995, the new Italian-made C1 Ariete MBT would be delivered. All the Leopard 1A5s would then either be turned into static displays or sent to the Italian military graveyard at Lenta. There were plans to sell them to an undisclosed south american country however that never went anywhere.
 == Media ==
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=it_leopard_1a5 Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Images
-<gallery mode="packed-hover"  heights="200">
+<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="200">
 File:Leopard 1A5 (Italy) Fire (1).png|
 File:Leopard 1A5 (Italy) Fire (2).png|
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 * ''other literature.'' -->
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 ! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
 |-
-| Coaxial || 4,600 (200) || 1,200 || N/A || N/A
+| Coaxial || 4,600 (200) || 801 || N/A || N/A
 |-
-| Pintle || 2,000 (200) || 1,200 || -8°/+20° || ±120°
+| Pintle || 2,000 (200) || 801 || -8°/+20° || ±120°
 |-
 |}

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 ==== Ammunition ====
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:L7A3 (105 mm)/Ammunition|DM12, DM512, DM23, DM33}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 ! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
 ! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
-! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(m)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
-! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! rowspan="2" | Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 ! colspan="3" | Ricochet
 |-
 ! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
 |-
-| DM12 || HEATFS || 1,173 || 10.5 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 1,270 || 65° || 72° || 77°
+| DM12 || HEATFS || 1,174 || 10.5 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 1,270 || 65° || 72° || 77°
 |-
-| DM512 || HESH || 732 || 14.85 || 0.1 || 4 || 4,310 || 73° || 77° || 80°
+| DM512 || HESH || 732 || 11.2 || 0.1 || 4 || 4,310 || 73° || 77° || 80°
 |-
-| DM23 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 3.79 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°
+| DM23 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 4.2 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°
 |-
 | DM33 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 3.79 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°

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 | Turret || 45-120 mm ''Gun mantlet'' || 40-43 mm ''Right Side'' <br>37-45 mm ''Left Side'' || 33-52 mm ||21-65 mm
 |-
-|Additional Armor ||10-35 mm ''Gun Mantlet''||10-20 mm ''Turret Sides''<br>5 mm ''Sideskirts''||5-10 mm ''Turret Rear''
+|Additional Armour ||10-35 mm ''Gun Mantlet''||10-20 mm ''Turret Sides''<br>5 mm ''Sideskirts''||5-10 mm ''Turret Rear''
 |N/A
 |-
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 | DM12 || HEATFS || 400 || 400 || 400 || 400 || 400 || 400
 |-
-| DM502 || HESH || 127 || 127 || 127 || 127 || 127 || 127
+| DM512 || HESH || 127 || 127 || 127 || 127 || 127 || 127
 |-
 | DM23 || APFSDS || 337 || 335 || 330 || 322 || 314 || 306
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 | DM12 || HEATFS || 1,173 || 10.5 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 1,270 || 65° || 72° || 77°
 |-
-| DM502 || HESH || 732 || 14.85 || 0.1 || 4 || 4,310 || 73° || 77° || 80°
+| DM512 || HESH || 732 || 14.85 || 0.1 || 4 || 4,310 || 73° || 77° || 80°
 |-
 | DM23 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 3.79 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°
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 ! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
 |-
-| Coaxial || 4,500 (200) || 1,200 || N/A || N/A
+| Coaxial || 4,600 (200) || 1,200 || N/A || N/A
 |-
 | Pintle || 2,000 (200) || 1,200 || -8°/+20° || ±120°
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 '''Cons:'''
-* Poor survivability, most enemy fire will usually destroy you in 1 shot.
+* Poor survivability, most enemy fire will usually destroy you in 1 shot
 * Big target, will likely stick out
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 * ''other literature.''
 {{Italy medium tanks}}

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 {{Specs-Tank-Weapon|3}}
 <!-- ''Offensive and anti-aircraft machine guns not only allow you to fight some aircraft but also are effective against lightly armoured vehicles. Evaluate machine guns and give recommendations on its use.'' -->
-{{main|MG3A1 (7.62 mm)}}
+{{main|Beretta MG42/59 (7.62 mm)}}
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
 |-
-! colspan="5" | [[MG3A1 (7.62 mm)|7.62 mm MG3A1]]
+! colspan="5" | [[Beretta MG42/59 (7.62 mm)|7.62 mm Beretta MG42/59]]
 |-
 ! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
 |-
-| Coaxial || 4,500 (1,000) || 1,200 || N/A || N/A
+| Coaxial || 4,500 (200) || 1,200 || N/A || N/A
 |-
-| Pintle || 2,000 (1,000) || 1,200 || -8°/+20° || ±120°
+| Pintle || 2,000 (200) || 1,200 || -8°/+20° || ±120°
 |-
 |}