Yes for kinetic defense, but on TES you have a composite sandwich:
which from left to right is:
ASPRO-HMT(1200~ CE, 84mm KE) / Composite Screen (110MM KE) / AIRGAP (spaced armor effectively) / HULL (55mm~ KE)
You end up with ~250MM of kinetic defence on the side of your tank at completely 0 degrees. You’re impervious to anything that isn’t a main cannon and can survive anything HEAT related.
It should also be capable of defeating Tandem warheads, so even heli-launched missiles wont break through the sides.
Is it as good as Relikt or other Soviet ERA? Not for KE, but it would MASSIVELY improve TES’ survival rates
The problem is that Germany also got those as tech tree versions soon after.
The 4000 was one jet that was revised before being cancelled in favor of the Rafale.
100%, even 250MM of KE is nothing to laugh at
The TES should be an insanely capable tank but it’s currently modelled in the code as having the same ERA as the M60…
It’s slowness is honestly insanely overplayed in War Thunder. The tank is still extremely fast for the absolute bunkers worth of ERA and armor that it carries on it. 60km/h fully loaded
It can get the best shell and best armour with competitive mobility. It’s not unkillable, because the weak spots aren’t suddenly solved
It will be a fun challenge to kill it
Gaijin is out there to earn money. And more modern vehicles just bring them more money than a lot of the things you mentioned, it’s unfortunate for some people obviously.
Just “Char de bataille Leclerc” AMX-56 is a weird incorrect title.
I would have like to have seen the Ares Prototype as a premium. But I guess not.
Worst case scenario is they add an SXXI AZUR as a premium, or make a Tropicalisé as just another Leclerc with a skin.