M48 Leopard Tank Easy Print

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Stumbled on this type, it looked interesting so I made one, looks pretty cool! Do a search for "M48 Leo" if you want more info! I cut it up to make an easy print version, you just need to support the gun barrel and the mantlet area where the gun clips in. It assembled fine as seen in the pic! Here is a brief info doc on it: " Even when Leopard 1 was just getting into service, the German military was keen to produce an improved tank in the next decade. This resulted in the beginning of the development of the MBT-70 in cooperation with the United States from 1963. However, as early as 1967, it became questionable whether the MBT-70 would enter into service at any time in the foreseeable future. The German government issued the order to search for future upgrade options German M48 Patton. West Germany has a lot of M48 Patton in its service which still has low mileage and in very good working order. With all the M48 stock in the Bundeswehr, throwing away those already obsolete tanks was frankly pathetic. But fighting them against Soviet armored groups was quite suicidal; where the obsolete 90mm gun would be ineffective. Therefore, the Bundeswehr worked through several options to improve these vehicles, one of which was the installation of the Leopard 2AV tower with Smoothbore 120mm pistols."