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The French Army's new generation tank research and development plan to succeed the AMX30 began in the late 70s. France decided to independently develop a new generation of tanks. The Giat Group was responsible for the research and development. The basic design was finalized in 1985 and was officially named the Leclerc main battle tank in January 1986. .

Leclerc's first prototype was launched at the end of 1989 and made its debut at the 1990 European Army Show in Santoli.

A total of 6 Leclerc prototypes were built in France for various tests, while 16 pre-production models began to leave the factory in September 1991.

Like the Leopard 2 and M1, Leclerc is also a first-class advanced main battle tank that can perform well in firepower, mobility and protection. Its thinking is completely different from that of the AMX30 era. Of course, this is a tribute Thanks to tremendous advances in technology.

In addition to possessing all the outstanding characteristics necessary for the most elite contemporary tanks such as M1 and Leopard 2, the Leclerc tank is also famous for its extensive application of cutting-edge technology; and the always proud and conceited French even claim that Leclerc is the only tank in the world. The fourth generation tank, in other words, does not pay attention to the two famous brands such as the American M1 and the German Leopard 2.

Since the latest technology and concepts were introduced from the beginning of the design, especially the compact new power system, Leclerc's size is quite compact, with the length being about 1m shorter than the M2 and Leopard 1, and the height of the car is only 2.47m.

The volume and weight saved by Leclerc is not only used for armor protection, but also leaves room for future improvements, which cannot be achieved no matter how much improvement is made to older large vehicles such as the M1 and Leopard 2.

The reduction in volume not only reduces the target area, but also allows Leclerc to maintain a combat weight of about 1 tons under the same thick armor as the m2a54.5, which greatly improves mobility and reduces the load carried by strategic transportation and bridges. Moreover, various countries Almost all armored rescue vehicles can be towed, which can reduce the cost of replacement.

In terms of protection capabilities, Leclerc uses a fully welded steel body and turret. The body and turret themselves have a layer of base armor, and composite armor can be added around the turret. This makes Leclerc the only fully welded vehicle after the Israeli Merkava Mk3. The world's second main battle tank using modular armor technology.

The main armor of the Leclerc turret and the front of the car body is a composite armor composed of alumina ceramics and high-hardness steel plates. Its basic structure is a box-shaped structure made of armored steel to accommodate the ceramic layer; the ceramics inside the armor are made flat Strips are made of high-toughness special aluminum alloys wrapped into blocks. These blocks are then welded to the motherboard. Finally, the motherboards are fixed in the armor box in a certain sequence, and between each motherboard It is filled with fire-resistant polyamide fiber material as a buffer to absorb the energy of the projectile.

The areas where Leclerc can add modular armor include around the turret, gun mantlet, front of the car body, side skirts, etc. The armor module blocks are fixed on the pre-set hook locks of the car body. The installation operation is very easy and there is no problem on the surface. Any bolts or nails.

A simple toolbox is attached to the outside of the Leclerc turret, which can accommodate drinking water containers, tools and other sundries. When faced with high-explosive armor-piercing projectiles, this external toolbox can detonate the armor-piercing projectiles in advance and reduce the effect of the jet on the body armor. The energy has certain additional protective benefits.

Leclerc has a pressurized nuclear, biological and chemical NBC protection system throughout the vehicle. The automatic fire extinguishing and explosion suppression system can detect the source of fire within 2 to 10 microseconds and extinguish it instantly, and uses non-toxic flame suppressants.

In order to reduce the chance of being discovered, Leclerc's surface is coated with a new type of low-infrared and low-visibility camouflage resin. Before the engine exhaust gas is discharged, it is mixed with the cool air outside the car through the air cooling system to reduce heat signals and black smoke.

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