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Pionierpanzer 1

Country of Origin: Germany

The Pionierpanzer 1 armored engineer vehicle (AEV) was based on the Leopard 1 main battle tank (MBT) chassis. It was designed for earth-moving operations, creation and removal of obstacles, drilling holes for demolition charges, foxholes, foundations and recovery operations. The BPZ-2 Bergepanzer a rmored recovery vehicle is very similar; see separate database entry.

A dozer blade was mounted at the front of the hull. Dozing performance was in excess of 7,000 cubic ft/hr (200...

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