Leclercs saw many improvements over their lifetime, including to armour. The Series 1 armour (which was deemed insufficient for French service) was found to be comparable to the Challenger 2 (~500 KE). Then there were 2 tonnes of armour added for the S2, then about another tonne for the SXXI. The latter 2 are missing a decent amount of composite. Not to mention the crew compartment should be invulnerable to 30mm autocannon.
The mobility is also egregiously under-performing. On top of that, thermals should be better for the S2 and SXXI. There is also SHARD to be given.
And if they ever modelled FCS, the Leclerc would be far ahead of almost everything.
So yeah, the Leclerc IRL is fine. How it’s modelled in-game… not so much.
Because it seamed to me like you were talking about all vehicles in general.
Besides not every autoloader in the game fires as fast as it can IRL just take type 10 as an example. And in case of Leclerc some sources about its reload also mention that 10-12 rmp is “effective” or “sustained” reload rate so not in optimal conditions. Some even claim the theoretical to be up to 15 rpm.
the joke is, its highyl questionable if france should get them
netherlands dont own any AM3s, they are all german with german license plates and everything owned just dutch use them as part of the fused forces
Indeed but at least Italian now have 2A7HU to play around with and since real life Italian army choose Leopard 2A8 for their new MBT they will get that (Leopard 2 for everyone!!)