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John Cockerill Defense from Belgium has successfully tested its new product, the C3105 turret mounted on the chassis of the Leopard 1 tank.
- indicated in the company.
In the production of the C3105 turret, aluminum armor is used, providing protection at level 5 according to STANAG 4569 (withstands a 25 mm BPS or BOPS hit). She is armed with a 105 mm HP ("high pressure") cannon and an automatic loader (BK for 12-16 shells). The vertical guidance angles are -10° / +42°. The distance of detection, recognition and identification of the target is 18/9/5 km and 15/7/3.5 km, respectively, during the day and with the help of a thermal imager.
The tower can be controlled by two people: the second number is necessary in case of installation of additional weapons, for example, a machine gun or a grenade launcher.
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The first customer of the C3105 is an unnamed "ally" in the Middle East [possibly Jordan], but he bought a hundred turrets for installation on equipment such as the Stryker armored vehicle, and not for re-equipping tanks.
Thus, as a result, the Leopard 1 still got a loading machine, despite the constant arguments of German developers and Western observers about the advantages of manually feeding ammunition.
Strengthening the combat potential of the MBT was required primarily for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in the near future, the Leopard 1 may become the main vehicle in the tank formations of the Ukrainian army.
