Variants
- Entpannungspanzer 65
- Recovery Tank 65 - vehicle recovery variant.
- Panzerartilleriekanone 68
- Brückenpanzer68
- Bridge Tank 68 - bridge-laying variant, with single-piece span instead of more common scissors bridge, capable of spanning 18.2 metres (59 ft 9 in) gap; 30 produced between 1974 and 1977 and used until 2011
- Fliegerabwehrpanzer 68
- Anti-aircraft Tank 68 - variant fitted with Flakpanzer Gepard turret, mounting two Oerlikon 35mm anti-aircraft guns, on Panzer 68 hull widened by 180 millimetres (7 in); two tanks modified and tested in 1979-1980, not placed into production
- Zielpanzer 68
- Target Tank 68 - variant modified for use as a mobile target for missile tests, with turret removed and replaced with dummy turret and gun, extra skirt plates protecting the tracks, and fitted with tracks and wheels of the Panzer 61; ten modified between 1972 and 1974, retired in 2007
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