Sgt.Squarehead Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Apparently the 'head-choppers' have allegedly recently captured a number of Turkish Leopard 2A4 intact: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/claims-capture-two-tanks-after-killing-70-turkish-troops-syria-845385252 How long might such a thing reasonably remain operable in the hands of crews unfamiliar with the type.....How easy would it actually be for these loonies to use one in anger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushkill Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Operable, probably a decent amount of time. Fires accurately, almost never. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have never owned a Leopard tank so wouldn't know. My guess is it will last until someone drops a large bomb on top of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushkill Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Thought some more on the subject... I don't think they'll last long at all. The Iraqi Army couldn't maintain humvees for very long, and that was with "training" and support from both their government and the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yup, I'd definitely expect these to attract an SDB or similar in the near future, but I was wondering how easy they are to use/maintain, compared to say, a T-55.....I suspect the answer is 'not very', but I'd be interested to hear from the horse's mouth so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The Leopard will have a manual fire control system same as other MBTs just in case the computer system fails , so if the new crew know how to use a similar type of fire control it shouldn't be too hard My old boss was a former Leopard commander and he told me that he and the gunner had to conversant on both systems Some T72s have being used by Syrian rebels and I imagine that perhaps some tank trained men will have joined ISIS If they can utilise the advantages of having tanks is a other matter apart from giving the anti tank troops something to fire at 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I would imagine the power train and systems would take more maintenance than the older russian tanks they have, If they do manage to use these I would suspect they would be high on any allied aircraft target lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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