AMX-56 Leclerc, From The AMX Dinasty

Now from French, this time the Warcraft Gallery put forward Main Battle Tank of the wine country, that is AMX-56 Leclerc the production from ACTIVE Industries that currently changes the name became Nexter. AMX-56 was the continuer from the Dynasty of the legendary AMX Tank, this Tank was present replacing the older tank AMX-30 as the main battle tank among the French army. This tank began in the production in 1990 and began to be assigned in the French army during 1992. Leclerc apart used for the domestic also was used by the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates.

The 54.5 tons tank powered with 8-cylinder diesel engine Wärtsilä that could produce power 1.500 hp. As one of MBT definitely also was supplemented with the big calibre gun as the main weapon, also with leclerc, that carried the main gun calibre 120mm CN120-26 smoothbore, also the production from ACTIVE (Nexter) that could throw totalling 40 rounds with the configuration 1 round ready to fire, 22 rounds inside magazine that was automatic could fill personally and 18 rounds as the addition. For additional weapons leclerc had the coaxial M2HB machine gun calibre 12.7 mm that contained 1,100 bullets and the calibre 7.62 mm machine gun that had 3,000 bullets.

This tank that was operated by three crew, could run through to the maximum speed 71 km/ hour with the range reached 550 km, as a tank definitely the capacity kept the opposing attack also to his mainstay, and for leclerc, Nexter as the company that produced this tank used the raw material from the steel and titanium as well as was supplemented with NERA. total of Population from this MBT reached approximately 862 unit. and up to now the number of operational tanks is 406 units to the French army and 388 units in used by the armed forces of United Arab Emirates.

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