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Italeri 224-Leo 1A4 as UN vehicle?
mondo
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Posted: Monday, January 01, 2007 - 10:10 PM UTC
Is it correct to use this kit as a UN vehicle? In what conflict and which country used it?

Is there any other Italeri Leo I could use?

Thanks
gcdavidson
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Posted: Monday, January 01, 2007 - 10:26 PM UTC
Yes, if you add the Danish mods to it. Accurate armour make a set in resin:

Leopard 1 A5 DK conversion
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Monday, January 01, 2007 - 10:38 PM UTC
The Leopard 1A4 never deployed on any mission anywhere. It was only used by Germany and Turkey(but these were modified).

The only version of the Leopard 1 that was deployed on a UN mission was the Danish Leopard 1A5DK(modified and updated Leopard 1A3)....and that was to Bosnia with UNPROFOR in 1994.

The only other Leopard 1 based vehicles on a UN mission were two Canadian Badger AEVs in Croatia in 1992.

You can use the Italeri Leopard 1A4 kit and the Accurate Armour Danish Leopard 1A5DK conversion set, kit C072, to build an accurate version.

I have used the conversion set and it is very nice....My build article, "Albino Cat", can be seen in AFV Modeller magazine, Issue 14.

For decals you will have to come up with your own as there are none in the conversion kit. There are plenty of references for the white Danish Leopards on the internet.
RHO_Steel
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Posted: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 12:34 AM UTC
Before 2 weeks I start to collect information about U.N. armor kit. Maybe you can found there some nice idea.

armorama

and some nice photos from Leopard 1A5DK

http://www.howitzer.dk/vehicles/danishafvleopa1a5.htm

Good luck, I‘m watching you,
The_Swede
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Posted: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 09:31 PM UTC

Quoted Text

The only version of the Leopard 1 that was deployed on a UN mission was the Danish Leopard 1A5DK(modified and updated Leopard 1A3)....and that was to Bosnia with UNPROFOR in 1994.

The only other Leopard 1 based vehicles on a UN mission were two Canadian Badger AEVs in Croatia in 1992.



Not quite correct.
The Danes also had one Bergepz 2 in Bosnia.
http://www.armyvehicles.dk/leopard1arv.htm
http://www.danskpanser.dk/Baeltekoretojer/Leopard1Recovery.htm

/Thord
mondo
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Posted: Friday, January 05, 2007 - 08:29 PM UTC
Thanks for the replies. It helped.

Cheers
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