Rheinmetall Panther KF51 (MBT) + Hero 120

*** Rheinmetall Panther KF51***

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The Panther KF51 is a German main battle tank (MBT) that is under development by Rheinmetall Landsysteme (part of Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems division). It was unveiled publicly at the Eurosatory defence exhibition on 13 June 2022. KF is short for "Kettenfahrzeug", i.e., tracked vehicle. The KF51 is based on the hull of the Leopard 2A4. A new turret is to be mounted on the Leopard 2; the main gun is an autoloaded 130 mm calibre.On 5 December 2022 Rheinmetall announced that it plans to mainly target existing Leopard 2 operators with the KF51.

• KF51 Wikipedia* **[h1 style=""]Armament

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The primary armament of the KF51 is a stabilised Rheinmetall Rh-130 L/51 130 mm smoothbore gun that can be elevated from −9˚ to +20˚. The Rh-130 can fire armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) ammunition, programmable air burst high explosive (HE) and practice projectiles.Secondary armament consists of a coaxially mounted 12.7 mm machine gun. A remote operated weapon station (RWS) can be mounted on the rear of the turret roof to provide close-in defence and a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) capability. An option for this is the Rheinmetall 'Natter', which can be armed with a 7.62 mm gun that can be elevated from −15˚ to +85˚. When thus armed, it can carry 2,500 ready rounds. The KF51 can be equipped with the HERO 120 loitering munition system.

Steering

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Driver W/S - forward/reverse A/D - turning X - switch to HE(high explosive) mode L -Front lights B - Night vision (IR spotlight) Fire 1 -AP/HE Fire 2 -MG ***Gyroscope/stabilization is only active when you are in ALT mode !

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Commander ** ALT - Drone (HERO-120 DRONE/ Loitering munition system) W- Launch the drone
(you can do a little bit of trolling with it )

W/S - Throttle A/D - rudders Mouse - Steering /elevator Fire 1 - detonate payload **Gunner ** ALT- Moving the turret Fire 1 - Machine gun L - Spotlight