Team
: Schwalbenheim Kingdom

# VK 16.02 Leopard

Role
: Light Tank

## [General information](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#general-information)

Description
: The **VK 16.02** is a Light Tank, the wartime designation for the German Leopard reconnaissance vehicle project (VK 16.02 Leopard), which was developed in 1942 with sloped armour and a 50 mm gun; the design was cancelled in favor of the heavier Panther. In-game it is a tracked vehicle weighing 21.9 tonnes with a crew of four — driver, gunner, commander, and one passenger — and is powered by an **MB HL157P** engine producing 550 horsepower for 25.1 hp/t and a top speed of 45 km/h forward and 7.5 km/h backward.
Armament consists of the **50mm KwK39** cannon and a coaxial **7.92mm MG34** machine gun; the turret has smoke grenades but no stabilizer or modern fire control, and the gunner uses a 2.5x telescope sight. Light armour and good mobility suit it to reconnaissance and flanking rather than head-on engagements.

Locomotion
: Tracked

Supported classes
: Crewman

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Infantry (as passenger)

Obtainment
: Badge

## [In-game availability](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#in-game-availability)

| Team/Loadout                                                   | [WW2](/md/rv/loadouts/ww2.md) |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| [Schwalbenheim Kingdom](/md/rv/teams/schwalbenheim-kingdom.md) | Tier 1                        |

## [Vehicle](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#vehicle)

| Weight           | 21.9 t   |
| ---------------- | -------- |
| Seating capacity | 4        |
| Driver           | 1        |
| Gunner           | 1        |
| Commander        | 1        |
| Passenger        | 1        |
| Max speed        |          |
| Forward          | 45 km/h  |
| Backward         | 7.5 km/h |

## [Powertrain](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#powertrain)

| Engine                | MB HL157P |
| --------------------- | --------- |
| Type                  | Diesel    |
| Max RPM               | 3,000 RPM |
| Horsepower            | 550 hp    |
| Power-to-weight ratio | 25.1 hp/t |
| Transmission          |           |
| Forward gears         | 6         |
| Reverse gears         | 1         |

## [Armour](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#armour)

| Lower front plate | 66 mm        |
| ----------------- | ------------ |
| Upper front plate | 82 mm        |
| Left cheek        | 54 mm–126 mm |
| Right cheek       | 54 mm–126 mm |
| Mantlet           | 82 mm–163 mm |
| Hull side         | 30 mm–39 mm  |

## [Gunner turret](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#gunner-turret)

Feature: Smoke grenades

| Traversal        |            |
| ---------------- | ---------- |
| Horizontal speed | 16 deg/s   |
| Vertical speed   | 4 deg/s    |
| Vertical limits  | -10° / 20° |

### [Weapons](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#gunner-turret-weapons)

#### [50 mm KwK39](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#gunner-turret-weapon-50-mm-kwk39)

| Reload speed                                       | 3.7s |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ---- |
| Ammo                                               | Max  |
| [PzGr 39](/md/rv/shells/50-mm-kwk39-pzgr-39.md)    | \*   |
| [Sprgr. 38](/md/rv/shells/50-mm-kwk39-sprgr-38.md) | \*   |
| Ammo models                                        |      |
| Ammo                                               | 37   |

#### [7.92mm MG34](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#gunner-turret-weapon-792mm-mg34)

| Reload speed                                     | 4s  |
| ------------------------------------------------ | --- |
| Magazine size                                    | 150 |
| Ammo                                             | Max |
| [7.92×57mm](/md/rv/shells/792mm-mg34-79257mm.md) | \*  |
| Ammo models                                      |     |
| MG ammo                                          | 3   |

### [Sights](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#gunner-turret-sights)

#### [Telescope sight](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#gunner-turret-sight-1)

| Rangefinder | None |
| ----------- | ---- |
| Zoom        | 2.5x |

## [Gallery](/md/rv/vehicles/vk-1602-leopard.md#gallery)

| Type      | URL                                                                            |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Thumbnail | https://cdn.astrid.ovh/public-stats-images/vk-1602-leopard/perspective.png     |
| Front     | https://cdn.astrid.ovh/public-stats-images/vk-1602-leopard/front.png           |
| Back      | https://cdn.astrid.ovh/public-stats-images/vk-1602-leopard/back.png            |
| Left      | https://cdn.astrid.ovh/public-stats-images/vk-1602-leopard/left.png            |
| Right     | https://cdn.astrid.ovh/public-stats-images/vk-1602-leopard/right.png           |
| Top       | https://cdn.astrid.ovh/public-stats-images/vk-1602-leopard/top.png             |
| Armor     | https://cdn.astrid.ovh/public-stats-images/vk-1602-leopard/armor_thumbnail.png |

ID: "VK 16.02"