VK 16.02 Leopard

VK1602 (Stock)

Totals

355000 Cost

660 HPDurability

21.24 / 24 Weight

Crew

1. Commander
2. Gunner
3. Radio Operator
4. Driver
5. Loader

Armor

50/30/30Hull Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)

50/30/30Turret Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)

Maneuver

350 h.p.Engine Power

60 km/hTop Speed / Reverse Speed

36 deg/sTraverse Speed

Firepower

12 damage

39 mmAverage Penetration

4.8 Time for Complete Loading

40 deg/sGun Traverse Speed

Communication

250 mView Range

500 mSignal Range

Pz.Kpfw. II Luchs

VK 16.02 Leopard

VK 28.01

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355000

The design of the VK 16.02, known as the Leopard, was based on the Panzer II Ausf. J (VK 16.01) and Panzer II Ausf. M (VK 13.01) that had been developed earlier. A dummy vehicle was ready in May–June 1942, and the first prototype was built by September 1, 1942. According to "Panzerprogramm 41", that provided for the manufacturing of 339 vehicles (105 by December 1943 and 150 by the middle of 1944), mass production was to be launched in April 1943 but never started. Later, the Leopard turret was mounted on the Sd.Kfz.234/2 designated as Puma.

Turret

Level	Turret	Turret Armor (front/sides/rear, mm)	Gun Traverse Speed (deg/s)	View Range (m)	Experience	Weight (t)
V	VK 16.02 Leopard	50/30/30	40	250	0	2000

Level	Gun	Average Penetration (mm)		Rate of Fire	Dispersion at 100 m	Aiming Time	Experience	Weight (t)
II	2 cm Flak 38	39/51	12/12	131.71	0.42	1.4	0	110
IV	5 cm Kw.K. 39 L/60	67/130/25	70/70/90	25	0.34	1.8	1530	700
V	3 cm M.K. 103	95/110/15	25/25/35	53.05	0.4	1.8	4730	141

Engine

Level	Engine	Engine Power (h.p.)	Chance of Fire on Impact	Experience	Weight (t)
IV	Maybach HL 120 TR	350	20	0	510
IV	Maybach HL 120 TRM	440	20	1810	510
V	Maybach HL 157 P	585	20	2400	580

Level	Suspension	Load Limit	Traverse Speed (deg/s)	Experience	Weight (t)
V	VK 16.02 Leopard	24	36	0	6000
VI	VK 16.02 Leopard verstärkteketten	24	40	5100	6000

Radio

Level	Radio	Signal Range (m)	Experience	Weight (t)
III	FuG5_GER	500	0	50

Compatible Equipment

Compatible Consumables

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

- Extremely agile and nimble, good for ramming Tier IV TD’s and other lights.

- Sloped armour.

- Can “circle of death” slow TD’s and heavies.

- Insane traverse speed when fully upgraded, nearly 90deg/s!

- 3cm autoloader has good reload time with fully trained crew

- Top gun while firing HE can one-clip an Alecto.

Cons:

- Like its predecessor the Luchs, slow turret traverse speed.

- Is prone to drifting due to high traverse speed.

- Rather prone to being tracked.

Germany

Light Tanks

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