So Leclerc has the Worst shell at top tier. OFL-120-F2 has 575mm PEN, which means it does less spalling the shells with more PEN such as DM-53. It is also the lightest shell at 4kg, again meaning it does less spalling. Combine these two things and the OFL-120-F1 is by far the worst shell. Now if your fighting nations like Germany, Sweden or any other nation with spall liners and tanks with spaced out crews the OFL-120-F2 is terrible.
For survivability its not much better. in terms of armor. The Leclerc is only better than the Ariete, which doesn’t say much and comparable to the Type 10, but the Type 10 is MUCH better than the Leclerc (but I wont get into that here). The Leclerc doesn’t get its spall liners. It suffers from fuel tank explosions REALLY BAD and only gets 3 crew members which are very close together. As someone who plays both France and Russia the survivability of the T-72/80/90 when you have been penned is much better than that of the Leclerc.
Gaijins solution from 2024 seemed to be buff the reload speed, but then they went and have the same reload speed to all the other “NATO” tanks. Then they gave France the Dutch Leopard 2a5/6. Which didn’t actually fix the Leclerc problem.
My solution for 2025 would be to give Leclerc OFL-120-F2 shell. I’ve seen some people say it does 600mm+ PEN and weighs more. If that isn’t true then just give Leclerc DM53. This will fix both problems of lack of PEN and post PEN damage. Give Leclerc its spall liner. Give Leclerc its correct armor (the current armor value is from the pre-series that were tested in the Swedish trials. Lastly fix the fuel tanks so they don’t explode as much.