Leopard 1A5 tank - Kapellen, Belgium
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N 51° 19.213 E 004° 26.572
31U E 600544 N 5686423
Leopard tank on free display in Kapellen.
Waymark Code: WM11NCV
Location: Antwerpen, Belgium
Date Posted: 11/19/2019
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Een door defensie overgedragen Leopard 1A5 tank, van Duitse makelij, uit 1969 aan de gemeente Kapellen en aan het Kempens Landschap. Deze indrukwekkende machine van maar liefst 40 ton zwaar, en is de blikvanger aan het onthaal van de spoorfietsen op de Fortsteenweg.
De tank is niet gebruikt in enige oorlogs- of gevechtssituatie.
Met de spoorfietsen kan je over de oude militaire spoorlijn van Kapellen naar Brasschaat rijden en omgekeerd.
De tank is op 21 juni 2016 officieel overgedragen van Defensie aan Kapellen en het Kempens Landschap. De tank werd onklaar gemaakt in Zuttendaal.
bron: display.
Google translation:
A Leopard 1A5 tank, German-made, transferred by defense from 1969 to the municipality of Kapellen and to the Kempen landscape. This impressive machine weighing no less than 40 tons, and is the eye-catcher at the reception of the rail bikes on the Fortsteenweg.
The tank has not been used in any war or combat situation.
By rail you can ride over the old military railway from Kapellen to Brasschaat and vice versa.
The tank was officially transferred on 21 June 2016 from the Ministry of Defense to Kapellen and the Kempen Landscape. The tank was disabled in Zuttendaal.
Source: display.
Location restrictions:
No restrictions what so ever.
This tank is on a general public area and therefore always accessable, free of change.
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