Versuchsträger 1–2

Since the completion of the Kampfpanzer 70, I decided to do a so called "roadmap" for tanks that I made and will make.

Origins

The program to replace the now outmatched Leopard I by Soviet tanks is still continue, but not the MBT-70/KPz 70 program. The "future" MBT was cancelled, West Germany decided to left the program as it was too costly by then. After the KPz 70 program was a failure, West Germany decided to develop the locally designed Leopard 2. While the Leopard 2 development were on the way, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BWB) awarded Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) to design armored vehicle that focused on firepower, mobility and survivability, using the failed Kampfpanzer 70 as the base.

The result was a casemate main battle tank with twin gun for increasing the chance to mark the first hit called the Doppelrohr-Kasemattpanzer Versuchsträger 1 (Abbreviated as VT1 and means "double-barreled casemate tank test vehicle 1").

There are 7 vehicles made:
• The first one is a VT1–1, equipped with two L7 105 mm, one made
• VT1–2, equipped with two Rh-120 120 mm, one made
• GVT 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05.