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7/12/2025, 7:22:09 AM
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This is true, bear in mind though that until the leopard 1a5 came around, leopard 1s didn't have a true integrated fire control (automatic elevation, stabilized super elevation/lead on the reticle) ala Leopard 2s, M1s (didn't have horizontal reticle stabilization until the M1A2), T80s/T64s. Optical range finding to find your range which was perfectly doable and functional, but azimuth correction also didn't exist on Leopard 1s up until the 1a5, which had the leopard 2 fire control system transplanted into it, making it a very effective tank.
The Russians had a interesting way of inducing lead on their tanks for moving targets: you'd laser and get your range and the sight would automatically adjust for it, and then the ballistic computer would read how much the turret was traversing at the time of lazing. It would then display an azimuth hold. Say you laser a target moving from right to left: it's at 900 meters. The reticle moves down to adjust for elevation and displays +4.0. you lay your reticle onto your target, then slide it left until the tick labelled "4" is laid on. Then fire.
It's a budget way of implementing a proper automatic FCS.
Meanwhile you have the T64B and T80 fire control systems which were on par with the FCS of the Leopard 2s and M1s (save for the glaring lack of thermals)
This is true, bear in mind though that until the leopard 1a5 came around, leopard 1s didn't have a true integrated fire control (automatic elevation, stabilized super elevation/lead on the reticle) ala Leopard 2s, M1s (didn't have horizontal reticle stabilization until the M1A2), T80s/T64s. Optical range finding to find your range which was perfectly doable and functional, but azimuth correction also didn't exist on Leopard 1s up until the 1a5, which had the leopard 2 fire control system transplanted into it, making it a very effective tank.
The Russians had a interesting way of inducing lead on their tanks for moving targets: you'd laser and get your range and the sight would automatically adjust for it, and then the ballistic computer would read how much the turret was traversing at the time of lazing. It would then display an azimuth hold. Say you laser a target moving from right to left: it's at 900 meters. The reticle moves down to adjust for elevation and displays +4.0. you lay your reticle onto your target, then slide it left until the tick labelled "4" is laid on. Then fire.
It's a budget way of implementing a proper automatic FCS.
Meanwhile you have the T64B and T80 fire control systems which were on par with the FCS of the Leopard 2s and M1s (save for the glaring lack of thermals)
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