Hi folks,
A mate of mine is writing a book about the Leopard1 MBT's (and later the varieties).
He asked me if I knew anybody who has (ab)used these vehicles, especially the Gepard/Cheetah. As I lrecently have left the Dutch Army, my sources have runned dry.
Does anyone of you have any experience? Here an excerpt of his e-mail:
I've been mailing some of my contacts to see if they can help me again. I
would be very interested in hearing from anyone who has first-hand
knowledge of living or working with Leopard 1. What I am looking for are
personal stories or comments to lighten up what, to some, could be a very
dry and technical read.

The human angle, funny stories, tales from exercises, etc. - that sort of
thing. I would like to know what Leopard 1 was like to live with and hear
any comments about how good, bad or indifferent it is from former or
current crew members. The more amusing, the better.

Do you know anyone who has worked with Gepard/Cheetah? There could be
some good stories there.

So, if you know anyone who might help, please pass this message around.

So if anybody has two cents worth of thought, please e-mail me and I forward it to my friend (with full details), so you might have a chat together. Ofcourse you will be credited in the book!

e.leetink@(removethis)hccnet.nl

Cheers,

Hi!
the brazilian army acquired some ex-belgiun Leo 1, if you interested I could point you some real interesting pictures.
Please let me know

Hi Sprue,
That might be very interesting. He didn't ask for this, but I don't know wether he has any of those.
(ps the book will be published by Barbarossa Books, the one who did a grat book about the Sherman Firefly, so this is not a "he likes to write..."
cheers