In a head-to-head comparison, the French Leclerc and British Challenger 2 main battle tanks each exhibit distinct advantages.

French tanks have rolled across the battlefields of Europe for decades, and the most recent addition to those ranks is the Leclerc Main Battle Tank, having replaced the AMX-30.

Summary and Key Points: The Leclerc main battle tank has been a cornerstone of the French Army for three decades and will continue to serve with the upcoming Leclerc XLR upgrade. -Designed during ...

Because the Leclerc’s combat weight is just 56 tons (lighter than most Western MBTs), the tank has one of the West’s best power-to-weight ratios at 27 horsepower per ton. The tank is fast, and ...

While France’s Leclerc main battle tank (MBT) may not be as widely recognized as its American and British counterparts, it is still considered a powerful platform. The significance of tank ...

From left to right, Ascalon 120- and 140-millimeter smoothbore guns on mockups of KNDS’s proposed Leclerc Evolution and ADT-140 tank. The 140-millimeter ammo, ...