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French Army Leclerc tank navigating a course during exercise Strong Europe Tank Challenge in 2017. The Leclerc has an eight-cylinder SACM (now Wärtsilä) V8X-1500 1,500 hp Hyperbar diesel engine and a SESM (now Renk AG) [22] automatic transmission, with five forward and two reverse gears. The official maximum speed by road is 71 km/h and 55 km ...
Leclerc Evolution is a French prototype of the enhanced fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) developed and manufactured by the KNDS France. The project was presented during the Eurosatory 2024. [ 1 ]
Second prototype tank was presented as Enhanced Main Battle Tank in 2022 and features a 120-millimeter Ascalon main gun. [2] Third prototype tank was presented as EMBT ADT140 in 2024 and features a 140-millimeter Ascalon main gun with an autoloader and a coaxial 20×102-millimeter automatic gun and a remote controlled weapon station with ARX30 ...
According to Nexter's head of tracked and armour programmes, Francois Groshany, the benefit of the tank is the combination of the "very high capability" Leopard 2 chassis with the lighter Leclerc turret. [19] The 2-man Leclerc turret is approximately 6 tons lighter than the 3-man Leopard 2 turret.
The Leclerc XLR is a French fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) developed and manufactured by the KNDS France.It is a modernization of the third-generation Leclerc tank with the addition of a turret-mounted remotely-operated 7.62mm caliber machine gun manufactured by Belgian company FN Herstal, additional modular armour on the turret and hull, and rear wire cage armour to protect the ...
In September 2023 Germany and France announced to be working on next generation main battle tank, [58] a successor to the Leopard 2 and Leclerc XLR tank. [40] In 2024, two models: Leclerc Evolution and EMBT ADT140 were presented that will be technology demonstrators for the future system.
Workers unhappy with their earnings say their pay is not keeping up with the cost of living (according to 80%), and their pay is too low for the quality of work they do (71%) or the amount of work ...
The total cost of the program for 18,552 systems issued to 18 regiments was estimated to be €1.07 billion (FY2016) ... Tanks; Leclerc ... Light tank: 203: