Leopard 40/70 - 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 '''semovente controaerei Leopard Bofors da 40/70''' is a prototype Italian anti-air platform made during the late 1990s. Its role was to aid the [[SIDAM 25]] platform in shooting down enemy air targets and provide cover for armoured convoys, the Italian army would test it for several years but ultimately it would not see mass production.
+The '''semovente controaerei Leopard Bofors da 40/70''' is a prototype Italian anti-air platform made during the late 1990s. Its role was to aid the [[SIDAM 25]] platform in shooting down enemy air targets and provide cover for armoured convoys. The Italian army would test it for several years but ultimately it would not see mass production.
 Introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]], the Leopard 40/70 has amazing mobility and strong firepower. Being based on the Leopard platform but without the original turret means that a lot of weight was saved when installing the Breda Bofors 40 mm cannon. As such, it is one of the most mobile vehicles at the battle rating. The 40 mm main armament is highly effective against ground and air targets, more so against enemy air as the amazing elevation angles allow you to be able to hit targets which are even directly above you. The main weakness of this vehicle is its armour and crew placement, most if not all enemy vehicles will be able to take you out in 1 shot. As such, it's best to try and flank as much as you can with this vehicle to take enemies by surprise and then quickly move to a different area to repeat the same strategy.

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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 semovente controaerei Leopard Bofors da 40/ 70 (introduced in [[Update "Kings of Battle"]].) is a prototype Italian anti-air platform made during the late 1990's. Its role was to aid the Italian SIDAM-25 platform in shooting down enemy air targets and provide cover for armoured convoys, the Italian army would test it for several years but ultimately it would see mass production. In game this vehicle can be researched after the M42 contraereo. The main pros of this vehicle includes its amazing mobility and the firepower it can provide. Being based on the leopard platform but without the original turret means that a lot of weight was saved when installing the Breda Bofors 40mm cannon. As such in game you'll easily be one of the most mobile vehicles at your battlerating. The 40mm main armament is highly effective against ground and air targets, more so against enemy air as the amazing elevation angles allow you to be able to hit targets which are even directly above you. The main weakness of this vehicle is its armour and crew placement, most if not all enemy vehicles will be able to take you out in 1 shot. As such its best to try and flank as much as you can with this vehicle to take enemies by surpise and then quickly move unto a different area to repeat the same strategy.
+The '''semovente controaerei Leopard Bofors da 40/70''' is a prototype Italian anti-air platform made during the late 1990s. Its role was to aid the [[SIDAM 25]] platform in shooting down enemy air targets and provide cover for armoured convoys, the Italian army would test it for several years but ultimately it would not see mass production.
 == General info ==
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 == History ==
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-The story of the Leopard Bofors da 40/70 would begin during the late 1990's. Decades earlier Italy had managed to not only buy but also licence produce the Leopard 1 main battle tank. The Italian army was equipped with several variants of the Leopard tank, Initially they'd have access to a small batch of Leopard 1A1s, which were then later upgraded to Leopard 1A2s. Years later Italy would be one of the biggest users of the Leopard 1 tank mainly thanks to OTO Melara who were producing them non-stop. Italy was no stranger to modifying the Leopard platform and at one point a study was conducted which aimed to equip the Italian army Leopard 1A1's with the Italian-made "Thetis" thermal imager system, only a singular prototype was completed. That wasn't it however, Italy would also test the OTOMATIC anti-air turret by mounting it on the Leopard, and although that showed positive results it sadly wouldn't be picked up. One of if not the very last modification to the Leopard platform by Italy would come in the form of the Leopard Bofors da 40/70.
+The story of the Leopard Bofors da 40/70 would begin during the late 1990s. Decades earlier, Italy had managed to not only buy but also licence-produce the Leopard 1 main battle tank. The Italian army was equipped with several variants of the Leopard tank, initially a small batch of Leopard 1A1s, which were then later upgraded to Leopard 1A2s. Years later, Italy would be one of the biggest users of the Leopard 1 tank, mainly thanks to OTO Melara who were producing them non-stop. Italy was no stranger to modifying the Leopard platform and at one point a study was conducted which aimed to equip the Italian army's Leopard 1A1s with the Italian-made "Thetis" thermal imager system: only a singular prototype was completed. That wasn't it however, Italy would also test the OTOMATIC anti-air turret by mounting it on the Leopard, and although that showed positive results, it also wouldn't be picked up. One of if not the very last modification to the Leopard platform by Italy would come in the form of the Leopard Bofors da 40/70.
-During the late 1990's the arsenale di Piacenza was tasked by the Italian ministry of defence to create a low cost self-propelled anti-air platform by reusing surplus Bofors cannons and the vast amount of Leopard's (which were soon to be replaced by the C1 Ariete) as a base for this vehicle. It didn't have any radar and special optics, it's main role was to supplement the SIDAM-25 anti-air vehicle in armoured convoys and aid it in shooting down air threats. Its armament consisted of a 40mm Bofors cannon which was primarily used to engage enemy aircraft, however due to the various 40mm rounds made at the time, there was also the possibility for it to be used against ground-based targets if it was ever tasked to do so. Italy would test it for a couple years the only upside which was found was the fact that it would be easy to produce and wouldn't require a lot of work to convert the old Leopards to fill this role. The vehicle was also able to boast about it having a decent mobility as removing the old Leopard turret and replacing it with the Bofors meant that it was way less heavier than before. Everything else discovered during testing sadly was mostly negative. When compared to newer anti-air platforms, even ones made by Italy itself the vehicle was just subpar, the lack of radar and any form of search and tracking meant that its use on a modern battlefield would be negligible. As such the project was dropped with 1 or 2 prototypes being completed, Italy would stick with the SIDAM-25 and the old Leopard hulls were sent over to the Lenta military scrapyard.
+During the late 1990s, the arsenale di Piacenza was tasked by the Italian ministry of defence to create a low cost self-propelled anti-air platform by reusing surplus Bofors cannons and the vast amount of Leopards (which were soon to be replaced by the [[Ariete|C1 Ariete]]) as a base for this vehicle. It didn't have any radar or special optics, its main role was to supplement the [[SIDAM 25]] anti-air vehicle in armoured convoys and aid it in shooting down air threats. Its armament consisted of a 40 mm Bofors cannon which was primarily used to engage enemy aircraft, however due to the various 40 mm rounds made at the time, there was also the possibility for it to be used against ground-based targets if it was ever tasked to do so. Italy would test it for a couple of years; the only upside which was found was the fact that it would be easy to produce and wouldn't require a lot of work to convert the old Leopards to fill this role. The vehicle also boasted a decent mobility as removing the old Leopard turret and replacing it with the Bofors meant that it was much lighter than before. However, everything else discovered during testing was mostly negative. When compared to newer anti-air platforms, even ones made by Italy itself, the vehicle was subpar. In particular, the lack of radar and any form of search and tracking meant that its use on a modern battlefield would be negligible. As such, the project was dropped with 1 or 2 prototypes being completed. Italy would stick with the SIDAM 25 and the old Leopard hulls were sent to the Lenta military scrapyard.
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 The Italian Leopard Bofors da 40/70 does not have a high grade of survivability, its main weakness is the turret which similarly like other Anti-air vehicles by being open-top. This means that this platform can easily be taken out by even the lowest of machine gun fire, artillery and enemy aircraft. The frontal armour is reliable against APDS and AP rounds from many of the autocannons found around its battle-rating but struggles against chemical and armour-piercing rounds from dedicated tanks and tank destroyers. The side and rear armour however, is a different story. Offering only 30-60 mm of armour over most of the surface, it can be penetrated by most rounds fired from cannon calibre weapons. The crew placement also means that 1 clean shot at the centre mass of this vehicle would usually mean it being taken out completely. The ammunition is also stored behind the vehicle which depending on the scenario, could mean a swift exit from the match as its another big weakspot of this vehicle.
 '''Armour type:''' <!-- The types of armour present on the vehicle and their general locations -->
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 ! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
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-|Hull||70 mm (60°) ''Upper Glacis''
+|Hull||70 mm (60°) ''Upper Glacis''
-mm (50°) ''Lower Glacis''
+mm (50°) ''Lower Glacis''
-|35 mm ''Upper''
+|35 mm ''Upper''
-mm ''Lower''
+mm ''Lower''
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+{{tankMobility|abMinHp=1,179|rbMinHp=734}}
 === Modifications and economy ===
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 ! ''Arcade''
-| rowspan="2" | 228 (4) || rowspan="2" | 240 || rowspan="2" | -5°/+90° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | - || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__
+| rowspan="2" | 228 (4) || rowspan="2" | 240 || rowspan="2" | -5°/+90° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | - || 74.8 || 103.6 || 125.8 || 139.1 || 148.0 || rowspan="2" | 0.65 || rowspan="2" | 0.58 || rowspan="2" | 0.53 || rowspan="2" | 0.50
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 ! ''Realistic''
-| __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._
+| 50.6 || 59.5 || 72.2 || 79.9 || 85.0
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 * '''Default:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
-* '''40 mm HEI-T:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
+* '''HE-I-T-M2:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
-* '''40 mm APCBC-T:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
+* '''IM219:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
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 The story of the Leopard Bofors da 40/70 would begin during the late 1990's. Decades earlier Italy had managed to not only buy but also licence produce the Leopard 1 main battle tank. The Italian army was equipped with several variants of the Leopard tank, Initially they'd have access to a small batch of Leopard 1A1s, which were then later upgraded to Leopard 1A2s. Years later Italy would be one of the biggest users of the Leopard 1 tank mainly thanks to OTO Melara who were producing them non-stop. Italy was no stranger to modifying the Leopard platform and at one point a study was conducted which aimed to equip the Italian army Leopard 1A1's with the Italian-made "Thetis" thermal imager system, only a singular prototype was completed. That wasn't it however, Italy would also test the OTOMATIC anti-air turret by mounting it on the Leopard, and although that showed positive results it sadly wouldn't be picked up. One of if not the very last modification to the Leopard platform by Italy would come in the form of the Leopard Bofors da 40/70.
-During the late 1990’s the arsenale di Piacenza was tasked by the Italian ministry of defence to create a low cost self-propelled anti-air platform by reusing surplus Bofors cannons and the vast amount of Leopard's (which were soon to be replaced by the C1 Ariete) as a base for this vehicle. It didn’t have any radar and special optics, it’s main role was to supplement the SIDAM-25 anti-air vehicle in armoured convoys and aid it in shooting down air threats. Its armament consisted of a 40mm Bofors cannon which was primarily used to engage enemy aircraft, however due to the various 40mm rounds made at the time, there was also the possibility for it to be used against ground-based targets if it was ever tasked to do so. Italy would test it for a couple years the only upside which was found was the fact that it would be easy to produce and wouldn’t require a lot of work to convert the old Leopards to fill this role. The vehicle was also able to boast about it having a decent mobility as removing the old Leopard turret and replacing it with the Bofors meant that it was way less heavier than before. Everything else discovered during testing sadly was mostly negative. When compared to newer anti-air platforms, even ones made by Italy itself the vehicle was just subpar, the lack of radar and any form of search and tracking meant that its use on a modern battlefield would be negligible. As such the project was dropped with 1 or 2 prototypes being completed, Italy would stick with the SIDAM-25 and the old Leopard hulls were sent over to the Lenta military scrapyard.
+During the late 1990's the arsenale di Piacenza was tasked by the Italian ministry of defence to create a low cost self-propelled anti-air platform by reusing surplus Bofors cannons and the vast amount of Leopard's (which were soon to be replaced by the C1 Ariete) as a base for this vehicle. It didn't have any radar and special optics, it's main role was to supplement the SIDAM-25 anti-air vehicle in armoured convoys and aid it in shooting down air threats. Its armament consisted of a 40mm Bofors cannon which was primarily used to engage enemy aircraft, however due to the various 40mm rounds made at the time, there was also the possibility for it to be used against ground-based targets if it was ever tasked to do so. Italy would test it for a couple years the only upside which was found was the fact that it would be easy to produce and wouldn't require a lot of work to convert the old Leopards to fill this role. The vehicle was also able to boast about it having a decent mobility as removing the old Leopard turret and replacing it with the Bofors meant that it was way less heavier than before. Everything else discovered during testing sadly was mostly negative. When compared to newer anti-air platforms, even ones made by Italy itself the vehicle was just subpar, the lack of radar and any form of search and tracking meant that its use on a modern battlefield would be negligible. As such the project was dropped with 1 or 2 prototypes being completed, Italy would stick with the SIDAM-25 and the old Leopard hulls were sent over to the Lenta military scrapyard.
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 * Able to engage both enemy ground and air vehicles effectively
 * Amazing turret traverse and elevation angles
 '''Cons:'''
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 * Ammunition all stored at the rear, another big weakspot for enemies to take advantage of
 * Vehicle profile is tall and long so keeping this vehicle hidden can be hard at times
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 === Pros and cons ===
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-''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in a bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".''
+'''Pros:'''
-'''Pros:'''
+* Great off and on-road mobility for an Anti-air platform
+*
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-''Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.''
+The Italian Leopard Bofors da 40/70 does not have a high grade of survivability, its main weakness is the turret which similarly like other Anti-air vehicles by being open-top. This means that this platform can easily be taken out by even the lowest of machine gun fire, artillery and enemy aircraft. The frontal armour is reliable against APDS and AP rounds from many of the autocannons found around its battle-rating but struggles against chemical and armour-piercing rounds from dedicated tanks and tank destroyers. The side and rear armour however, is a different story. Offering only 30-60 mm of armour over most of the surface, it can be penetrated by most rounds fired from cannon calibre weapons. The crew placement also means that 1 clean shot at the centre mass of this vehicle would usually mean it being taken out completely. The ammunition is also stored behind the vehicle which depending on the scenario, could mean a swift exit from the match as its another big weakspot of this vehicle.
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-| Hull || ___ mm || ___ mm ''Top'' <br> ___ mm ''Bottom'' || ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
+|Hull||70 mm (60°) ''Upper Glacis''
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 | Turret || ___ - ___ mm ''Turret front'' <br> ___ mm ''Gun mantlet'' || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
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 ==== Ammunition ====
 * '''Default:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
 * '''40 mm HEI-T:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T*|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer (self-destroying)}}
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 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
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 * ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''
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