It’s worth mentioning that there are competitors to both of these.
EODH systems has proposed their own upgrade utilizing an R400 or MIDGARD weapon station.
John Cockerill has also proposed an upgrade utilizing a 1030 turret, although I’m not sure how popular this option will actually be.
On the other hand, the Leopard 1 with Cockerill turret has been repainted in Greek army camouflage and is now being offered as a direct foreign competitor to the Leopard 1A5HEL.
I appreciate you posting your walkthrough at the DEFEA 2025, sweet pics. Looking forward to part 2.
As for the Leopard 1HEL w/ the Cockerill 3105 turret, it looks really good and would be sick to see. If they have the budget, I can see that but if its constrained, I’d imagine they will use the standard turret with more armor and electronics upgrades.
yes, i believe the J10B is very likely to come next patch to become China’s new 14.0 equivalent.
i hope they add it with the upgraded engine though, as if gaijijn decides to give the same AL31 found in the J10A, it will feel more of a sidegrade rather than an actual upgrade.
This would definitely be after the M1A1 HC. Pretty much behaves like the M1A2 and has Hunter Killer capability w/ AIDATS. Especially if it got the Trophy like it has mounted in the second image. One downside is the use of HAP-2 still so it does retain the same armor of the HC.
I still hope they’ll actually go the extra mile and do so in order to try and win over the Leopard upgrade contract though. Not that I actually mind who wins (the EODH proposal is kind of ugly anyways), but I’d most certainly like to see the 3105 upgrade dripped out in the Hellenic camo even just for one or two appearances.
Also found out that Reddit, and apparently this forum, don’t accept downloaded Youtube thumbnails even when I change the file type to PDF, so here’s the Enok AB tactical vehicle from ACS systems that I only found out was present due to a Youtube short.