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time code:
00:00 - Introduction
02:12 - The KPZ-70
05:10 - The Golden Leopard Program
07:46 - The EBER and KEILER projects
09:33 - The first generation chassis
11:20 - The first generation turrets
14:24 - Beginning of Blending
15:32 - 1973! A troubled year
17:24 - An alternative to leopard 2
18:16 - New possibilities and T-14.mod turret
18:53 - The second generation/Leopard 2AV
21:43 – The Leopard VS XM-1 American Experience
25:39 - Continuation of German studies
28:13 - The choice of engine
29:34 - The birth of the Beast
29:58 - Outro

Here are the sources:

- https://forum.warthunder.com/index.ph...
- https://forum.warthunder.com/index.ph...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2
- https://web.archive.org/web/201308202...
- http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product...
- http://www.kotsch88.de/m_120_mm.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/201505242...
- https://www.defensenews.com/global/eu...
- https://web.archive.org/web/200803141...
- https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/18/0...
- https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisa...
- https://web.archive.org/web/201611190...
- https://web.archive.org/web/200901110...
-    • Deutsche Panzer - Technik, Entwicklun...  
- http://www.panzerbaer.de/types/bw_kpz...
- http://www.kotsch88.de/f_mbt-70-fcs.htm
- https://preservedtanks.com/Types.aspx...
- https://ftp.idu.ac.id/wp-content/uplo... ,%20Peter%20Sarson%20(z-lib.org).pdf
- https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor...
#v=onepage&q=leopard%201%20unit%20cost%20in%201960&f=false
- http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M48_Patton
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/13-2Q...
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CL80...
- https://porschecarshistory.com/wp-con...
- https://books.google.fr/books?id=VN81... %20with%20any%20special%20armor&f=false
- https://www.renk-group.com/fileadmin/...
- http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product...
- https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwa...

Literary sources:

- LEOPARD 2 The Full Story; by Frank Lobitz (TANKOGRAD)
- Departm ent Of Defense Consideration Of West Germany's Leopard As The Army's New Main Battle Tank (REPORT TO THE CONGRES 04400)
- Kampfpanzer LEOPARD 2, WAFFEN ARSENAL
- Leopard_2_Sein_Werden_und_seine_Leistung_-_Paul-Werner_Krapke_opt

Background video:

-    • A Freaking Fast Tank  
-    • Bang On, Always! (1952)  
-    • Classix: Der Neue Leo 2 - Bundeswehr  
-    • Classix: "Kampfpanzer 70" in Erprobun...  
-    • Die Kampfpanzer der Bundeswehr - 1955...  
-    • Video  
-    • Kampfpanzer Leopard Dokumentation  
-    • Leopard 1 Workout  
-    • M48 A2GA2 + Leopard 1A2 + T62 - Stahl...  
-    • Panzertechnik Extrem Doku deutsch Der...  
-    • Panzertechnik Extrem Doku deutsch Der...  
- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=132...