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About the Leopard 2 A5

The Leopard 2 is the main battle tank of the German Army and has the most powerful performance among modern tanks. The A5 is its latest version which will surely last well into the 21st century. It features add-on wedge-shaped armor on the front and sides of the turret, electric main gun stabilizer, etc. With these, defense and commander's firing control systems have been significantly improved on the A5 version, which started to be deployed to the German Army at the end of 1995.

About the model

This construction kit captures the authentic image of Leopard 2 A5 in detail.Overall length: 275mm, overall width: 108mm.All of the features like the add-on wedge-shaped turret armor have been accurately reproduced.The turret side add-on armor and sliding driver's hatch are movable. Gun mantle armored cover moves in conjunction with the main gun.Gun-fire simulator and a commander figure are included.

NATO colors

During the mid-80's, NATO specified three standard colors to be used on all of its vehicles: green, brown, and black. Since the Leopard 2 A5 is also finished in this three-tone camouflage, Tamiya went to work on creating three high quality Acrylic Paints for the 1/35 scale Main Battle Tank. These paints will surely come in handy for all your NATO modeling endeavors. (Colors below might slightly differ from actual paint colors.) Acrylic Paint/Acrylic Paint Mini
XF-67 NATO Green	XF-68 NATO Brown	XF-69 NATO Black