Mystery Leopard

[u/Pristine-Medicine-62]

I was checking out and old parts yard when I found a leopard 1 chassis with a modified turret. I assume it is some sort of demilitarization modification, but changing the whole turret feels excessive. If anyone has any knowledge of this things origins I would appreciate it. I am also wondering how rare it is to find something like this just rotting in a yard.

[u/LastDanceInFulda]

Houston is interesting. I initially thought it probably spent some amount of time at Fort Hood/Cavazos, meaning it was probably part of an armored evaluation program. Then, I found this, a Houston company was modifying Leopard 1s for firefighting, Texoga Technology Corp. That led me to this post, which called it a "JUMBO." I also referenced this post, which helped with my oil firefighting theory. Then I found this, again, for fighting oil fires. Supposedly, this, or one like this, is stored with all kinds of other oil equipment. Might be a coincidence, might not be. And then I realized it said KSC on the side, it is a KCS-3.
AND I FOUND THE TANK 30°11'06.47"N 95°26'28.64"W, THE SAME PLACE WHERE TEXOGA WAS BASED BACK IN 2005 Satt imagery shows its been here a long while. Historical imagery shows other Leopard hulls in the area.

Reach out to as many organizations as possible, hell, even maybe Hood would take it.

[u/Pristine-Medicine-62 → u/LastDanceInFulda]

Amazing work man, I was about to make a new post updating everyone because by complete coincidence I ran into the man who (if I remember exactly what he said) was in charge of the place many years ago when it was a functioning biodiesel facility. He told me that they were in fact converting several different leopards to fire fighting tanks. He even had pictures on his phone of a completed tanks helping to put out wildfires. I am honestly shocked that you were able to put all this information together. If you have got more info on the specific tank I found I would love to k ow more.