leKpz Borkenkäfer tech tree branch
leKpz Borkenkäfer characteristics
Firepower
- Damage
- 330hp
- Penetration
- 244mm
- DPM
- 2,475
- Reload
- 8.00s
- Rate of fire
- 7.50/min
- Aim time
- 1.40s
- Accuracy
- 0.330m
- Dispersion moving
- 0.100
- Shell velocity
- 1,200m/s
- Caliber
- 105mm
- Gun depression
- 18°
- Gun elevation
- 12°
Mobility
- Top speed
- 75km/h
- Reverse speed
- 25km/h
- Engine power
- 900hp
- Power/weight
- 45.0hp/t
- Hull traverse
- 55.0°/s
- Turret traverse
- 44.0°/s
- Hard terrain
- 0.80
- Medium terrain
- 0.90
- Soft terrain
- 1.80
Survivability
- Hit points
- 1,520hp
- Hull armor (front)
- 50mm
- Turret armor (front)
- 30mm
- Fire chance
- 0%
- Ammo rack HP
- 270hp
- Track HP
- 260hp
Spotting & other
- View range
- 420m
- Signal range
- 800m
- Camo (still)
- 0.3%
- Camo (moving)
- 0.3%
- Weight
- 20.0t
leKpz Borkenkäfer historical reference
In the 1970s, the Germans began developing a universal chassis for Bundeswehr light tanks. One of the projects with the new chassis was a light tank that was unofficially called the Borkenkäfer ("bark beetle"). The vehicle had a fairly powerful gun (up to 105 mm) and excellent mobility parameters. A fire control system with a dual-channel reticle and two rangefinders ensured high firing accuracy in any weather. Due to the complexity of the FCS, the program was reduced into the PUMA (Panzer unter minimalen Aufwand—tank for minimal costs) project, and then closed. Although the chassis was built, the vehicle only existed in blueprints.