The Leclerc AZUR is the new top tier MBT for France, right after the Leclerc SXXI. What does it have over the SXXI? The amazing roof mounted 7.65 MG, and the additional ERA packs on the side, and some cope cage at the very rear. However, since the tank is 12.0, nearly everything gets APFS-DS stock. Given France is NATO, Gaijin thinks that NATO ERA can not defend against kinetic energy at all. These changes are barely an upgrade. Other than these, it doesn’t get commander thermals, and loses it’s high quality NVG as compared to the SXXI , not to mention that the vehicle is also sluggish because of the additional (Useless) Protection package. Since the day of it’s introduction I didn’t understand why it got added. They should’ve added the Leclerc XLR…
French Tax, there’s your answer. France is one of the world’s largest arms producers, yet is by far the most gimped nation in War Thunder. Instead of fixing their indigenous MBT, the Leclerc, Gaijin just gave the tree some Leopard 2’s. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Dont forget that leo 2a4 doesnt even have a line up, the one below is 9.7br, while that above is 12.0br.
Yup, and a lack of good premiums too at rank 6-8.
It’s so upsetting. Our AA is trash, and they’re speaking Finnish in it too xdd. We still don’t have any proper IFVs or anything… Meanwhile look at China, getting another insanely good SPAA, far better than the ItO, at 11.3… Sweden getting drowned in IFVs that are just insanely good. Then France gets what? Maybe a low effort whatever so they shut the fuck up.