Leopard 2 Prototype

[Armortek]

Exciting day today - the order for the tracks have been placed ... that means production volumes are now fixed. If you have not reserved your kit, better hurry up as we will not be able to make more.

The track is the most convoluted we have made so far - it consists of 6 different parts with a total of 9 pieces making up one track.
- The track link
- 2 end connectors
- 1 central connector
- 1 track pin
- 2 rubber pads (vulcanised to the base plates)
- 2 pad base plates

The track links will be made from aluminium and the moulds will take 1-2 months to perfect - so we always need to get these on order pretty early in the production lifecycle.

In addition we have placed the order for the moulds for the rubber tyres since these also always take a while to make.

[Peter Quambusch]

Plus 7 screws....

[Chang]

2 track pins ...

[Fabian Bekkers]

Oh I can't wait to get my hands dirty

[Armortek]

Production of the Leopard 2A4 has started.

As Peter correctly identified - this is the short axel from one of the return rollers.

Leopard return roller axel (short).jpg (106.17 KiB) Viewed 10136 times

[Fabian Bekkers]

Oh great looks super
More pictures please

[Armortek]

Completed assembly for the short return roller and housing - just missing the tyre. Prototype should be with us in 3-4 weeks.

[Fabian Bekkers]

Looking super that leo will be fun to build

[Armortek]

Some more images as we progress on the Leopard 2A4.

Samples of the tracks have arrived, The tracks are aluminium with steel and rubber inserts.

[David Merritt]

Will the kit contain the 18 grousers which are used to replace the same number of rubber pads when travelling over icy ground. These are normally carried/stored on the bow of the tank when not in use?
David.

[Fabian Bekkers]

Wow that looking super guys

[Armortek]

Will the kit contain the 18 grousers which are used to replace the same number of rubber pads when travelling over icy ground. These are normally carried/stored on the bow of the tank when not in use?
David.

Yes it will

[Armortek]

Roadwheels coming together nicely.
They are made from pressed and laser welded steel with an aluminium hub and hub cap and rubber tyres.

The assembly in the photographs (excluding the tracks) is 0.66 kg.

[Phil Woollard]

Looking very nice.

[John Clarke]

That hub detail is very nice, much better than Chieftain.