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    The Leclerc is a third-generation French main battle tank developed and manufactured by Nexter Systems. It was named in honour of Marshal Philippe Leclerc...
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  • The Leclerc XLR is a fourth-generation French main battle tank (MBT) developed and manufactured by the Nexter division of KMW+Nexter Defense Systems (KNDS)...
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  • Leclerc (French pronunciation: [ləklɛʁ]) may refer to: E.Leclerc, a French hypermarket chain Leclerc (surname), a French surname Leclerc tank, a main...
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    helicopters, four landing craft, up to 70 vehicles including 13 Leclerc tanks, or a 40-strong Leclerc tank battalion, and 450 soldiers. The ships are equipped with...
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    Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque (22 November 1902 – 28 November 1947) was a Free-French general during World War II. He became Marshal...
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    Integrated Air Missile Defence (IAMD). T-55 tanks of the Romanian 814th tank battalion and French Leclercs in Turda Romanian HIMARS and a French LRU firing...
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    modifications before being replaced by French-made Leclerc tanks from the UAE and ex-Italian B1 Centauro 8x8 wheeled tank destroyers. The Jordanian Challenger 1 fleet...
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    technicals). The Leclerc is the French main battle tank (MBT) built by GIAT, now Nexter of France. It was named in honour of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque...
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    AMX-30 (redirect from AMX-30 tanks)
    the new Leclerc main battle tank to replace the antiquated AMX-30. The first units to be outfitted with the new tank were the 501st and 503rd tank regiments...
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    Compound armour Kanchan armour MEXAS Plastic composite Pykrete "Leclerc Main Battle Tank". www.tanks-encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2 February...
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    chassis of the Leclerc battle tank. The DCL comes as a replacement for the AMX-30 D in the role of a recovery and repair tank for battle tanks over 50 tonnes...
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    vehicle would be, while giving it sufficient mobility to complement the Leclerc tank. The VBCI is also designed to be transportable by the Airbus A400M. In...
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    the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, the Exocet missile and the Leclerc tank among others. France is a major arms seller, with most of its arsenal's...
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    Leopard 2 (redirect from Leopard 2 tank)
    Defence announced plans to develop a tank jointly with France as a successor to both the Leopard 2 and Leclerc tanks. Technologies and concepts will be...
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    early '90s proposal to fit the system (in its eight-round form) to a Leclerc tank chassis in order to provide a battlefield air defence vehicle for protecting...
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  • ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5. (2020) United Arab Emirates To Donate 80 French Made Leclerc MBTs To Jordan armyrecognition.com International Institute for Strategic...
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    generation Main Battle Tank, they include the latest 'digital' tank such as the French Leclerc and perhaps the American M1A2 and the German Leopard 2A5."...
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  • Non-explosive reactive armor (category History of the tank)
    hopes in the EPC program which was to lead to the creation of the Leclerc main battle tank. Protection against modern threats being a keystone of the program...
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    replacement of the VAB by the VBMR Griffon, the modernization of the Leclerc tank as well as the development of a unified combat information network to...
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  • 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2022-02-19. "The National Interest: Blog". "The UAE's Leclerc Tanks Had a Rough Time in Yemen". 25 November 2021. "ACV-S Tracked Armoured...
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    the new Leclerc main battle tank to replace the antiquated AMX-30. The first units to be outfitted with the new tank were the 501st and 503rd tank regiments...
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    Under this doctrine, U.S. tank crews of both armoured divisions and GHQ tank battalions were taught to fight tanks in tank on tank engagements. Armoured force...
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  • the tank may still ignite due to a penetrating hit, and thus set off the ammunition in the carousel. Some Western designs, such as the Leclerc tank, store...
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    previously installed on the French Leclerc tanks delivered to the UAE as well as the recovery tank version of the Leclerc in service with the French Army...
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  • War Thunder (category Tank simulation video games)
    called "Unrealistic Battles" featured inflatable rubber tanks firing potatoes and carrots. The "tanks" also had overall hitpoints instead of the usual separate...
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    ERC-90 Sagaie and VAB HOT by the EBRC Jaguar, the modernization of the Leclerc tank as well as the development of a unified combat information network to...
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    and logistics (Train) Matériel (Supply) Intelligence (Renseignement) A Leclerc tank during manoeuvres Bastille Day military parade in Paris, 2017 French...
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  • Hull down (redirect from Tank scrape)
    (see tank design, below). In preparing defensive works, a hull-down position can be created or improved by digging shallow "tank scrapes". Tank units...
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  • Germany and France, aiming to replace their current Leopard 2 and Leclerc main battle tanks. Coordinated by Germany, in contrast to the other major Franco-German...
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    Abrams, the German Leopard 2, French Leclerc and several other modern western tanks. The prototype had a 125 mm tank gun, but it was stated that it may...
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