Leopard 3

## History

After begin of the SDF war 2004 the Federal Army noticed that they would need a new MBT to replace the old Leopard 2A7 and 2A8. After first struggles Heereswerke finally came up with the new Leopard 3 in 2006. After begin of mass production in 2007 the Leopard 3 quickly became the most feared tool on the battlefield. Its 130mm L51 was able to penetrate through 2000mm of armor and achieve devastating results with its new invented MAHEM ammunition whilst its Active Defence System protect it from missiles in a 360° radius.

In 2023 the tank and vehicle producer RMX presented it´s upgraded version of the Leopard 3 called Leopard 3 RMX which had an upgrade to its defense, engine and main cannon.

After the war ended 2032 the Leopard stayed in the GSDF with a total of over 20.000 units build and only 237 lost in combat.

## Armour

Its special Naquadah, Carbon and Titanium armor was the first and only type of Naquadah composite armour which is produced for a MBT.

Its effective thickness is twenty times stronger than the real thickness, making the angled chassis and turret front impenetrable.

Its side armor can be increased by adding the RMX survival kit which contains a cage armor and reactive armor bricks to increase the missile protection and ad an additional layer of armor a round has to pierce through to make damage to the combat room.

## Variants

### Leopard 3 Standard Unit

The standard version of the Leopard 3 which was produced in 2006. It uses the standard protection of its compound armor and ADS 300 and its standard main armament and secondary armament. It´s auto loader could load MAHEM, AP and HESH in 3 seconds to achieve a fire rate of 20 rounds per minute.

### Leopard 3A1

The Leopard 3A1 has the addition of a bonus mine protection from the protection class 4, increasing its survivability against Anti Tank mines and IEDs by 40%. Its ammunition storage got change to now take 80 rounds instead of the normal 70. The main barrel was changed and became a new recoil dampener to make the cannon able to fire APFSDS shells. It´s FLW 200 got replaced with a more advanced FLW 200+.

### Leopard 3R

Based on the 3A1 the Leopard 3R is more a scout tank than a MBT. Its main cannon got changed to a 90mm L43 in a new turret which provides extended optic range as well as new thermal cameras and night vision equipment for better reconnaissance. It´s FLW 200 got replaced with a 20mm PLG-20 from RMX.

### Leopard 3 RMX

Produced from RMX, the Leopard 3 RMX has a new ADS system with increased range, a new cannon which is able to fire all 130mm rounds and barrel missiles and has a better heat protection. The hull got upgraded with a thermal sign scatter system which allows the tank to completely disappear from enemy heat tracking cameras.

### Special Version Leopard 3 RMX "Red Sky"

A special version which was build for General Commander Thundersky`s Federal Guard in 2031 which has a special red, black, green and sand colored camo pattern and his cutie mark on the side of the turret.

## Users

Federal Navy Forces:

* 500 Leopard 3A1 as rapid deployment vehicles

Marines:

* 2.500 Leopard 3A1
* 15.000 Leopard 3 RMX

Interstellar Multipurpose Corps

* 1.000 Leopard 3R
* 100 Leopard 3 RMX

Bundeswehr Sonder Kräfte

* 2.500 Leopard 3 RMX

Federal Guard Maneheim

* 4 Leopard RMX "Red Sky"

Air Security Forces

* 70 Leopard 3A1 spread over all military air fields in Germany