Swiss Tanks That Need Adding to War Thunder - Part 2 - Cold War and Modern Era

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So having looked at Swiss tanks of the World War II era it is now time to take a look at Swiss tanks of the Cold War and Modern era, from the rather cool Panzer 58 to Swiss attempts to mount a 140mm gun on a Leopard 2 and many more!

Intro and early Swiss foreign tanks: 00:00
KW 30 (1952): 01:07
Panzer 58 and its prototypes: 02:42
Panzer 61: 07:02
Panzer 68 and variants: 10:18
Panzer 68 ET: 14:00
Panzer 87 with a 140mm gun: 16:42

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Sources
Swiss Federal Archives
Ogorkiewicz, R.M. (Year). Profile AFV Weapons: 50. Swiss Battle Tanks.
Foss, C.F. (Year). Jane's World Fighting Vehicles.
Tanks Encyclopedia
Swiss film newsreel (SFW), A Swiss tank (0889-2), Swiss film newsreel, Swiss film newsreel from October 23rd, 1959, SFW, 1959-10-23, from: Swiss Federal Archives, Cinémathèque suisse, Swiss film newsreel film inventory (1940-1975), Swiss Federal Archives: J2.143#1996/386#889-1#2*, online: https://memobase.ch/de/object/bar-001-SFW_0889-2, as of February 25, 2024

Full list of differences on the Panzer 68 compared to the Panzer 61: https://viewer.recherche.bar.admin.ch/?manifest=https://www.recherche.bar.admin.ch/recherche/files/manifests/0000/0693/3556/Subdossier_0000032/Unterlagen_0000034/_ssEjpk4Ak3z7JmVNIIo001.json

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Cosmic Groove by Cooper Cannell
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Nevada City by Huma-Huma
Icelandic Arpeggios by DivKid
Tratak by Jesse Gallagher
Sun Machine One by Loopop

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