VK 16.02 Leopard

The VK 16.02 Leopard is a German Tier V Light Tank.

Developed from March through October 1942. The plans were to launch mass production in April 1943, but the project was cancelled before the first prototype was built.

The VK 16.02 Leopard, is not as maneuverable as the Pz. Kpfw. II Luchs, but it has more than twice the effective armor, a turret that is much more suited to circling enemies, and a far better signal range. Due to the unusually thick hull armor and heavy weight, the Leopard can be used to bounce a significant amount of shots, and can be used to ram other tanks and especially arty if there is not enough time to rip them apart with the auto-cannon gun.

The VK 16.02 Leopard leads to the VK 28.01.

Basic Statistics
Crew Configuration:

Commander (Gunner), Radio Operator, Driver, Loader

Personal Review
Probably my favorite tank in the game, and highly recommend keeping. Is basically a Luchs, slighty less maneuverable, but still very quick. This means you actually have a chance to bounce shells from other tier V and VI vehicles, but don't count on it, it is also much heavier, meaning you can ram other light tanks and artillery. The gun, also carries more shells in each drum than the Luchs, meaning the firepower is increased, and the burst damage is very good when you get up behind them, and will have no trouble dealing 350+ damage to even tier VIII heavy tanks from the rear, the reload is still quite long however, but better on the Leopard at around 13-15 seconds. The view range is a good 380 metres, and a very nice signal range that will be able to handle any map your on, best played as a passive scout in my experience, and in the second half of the game played as a flanking damage dealer.

A very very fun tank to play and recommend people wanting a pimp tank to play highly. People progressing through should have plenty of fun with the grind.

Pros

 * Decent top speed
 * Good signal and view ranges for scouting
 * Good armor as a tier V scout
 * Good at killing other light tanks spotting
 * Accurate auto-cannon capable of tanking out other light tanks and arty in seconds
 * Good side gun depression
 * Turns on a dime when fully upgraded
 * Armor is hard for tanks to overmatch meaning that bounces will happen

Cons

 * Is tracked fairly easily
 * Fairly long reload on the 3cm M.K.
 * 0° gun depression to the rear of the tank
 * The armor is often not as great as it can see up to tier IX tanks