To reduce the risk of 105-millimeter rounds cooking off in the turret after an enemy hit, Leopard 1A5 crews stow only a few of the tank’s 42 rounds in the turret: the rest are tucked into the hull.

John Cockerill Defence took it upon themselves to modernize the Leopard 1A5 to meet contemporary demands, achieving this by mounting a brand-new turret on the old hull. Although the tank's hull ...

This is exemplified by the KF-51 Panther tank turret mounted on the chassis of a Leopard 2A4 tank from the 1980s. We present ...