The Leclerc is in dire need of a buff

Would be awesome if the hull was the only problem. Would be a start if you wouldnt get one shot through the giant gunner or commander sight that sits on top of the turret. (no idea how that works actually but the snail can make the magic work) or the biggest breech weakspot of all mbts (i believe). or crippled by basically any tank of br 3.0 and above through the lower glacis. And…

But whatever I think theres no point in believing the snail has any intention in changing this since only more experienced players have the frustration tolerance to keep playing it so it has good stats and doesn’t need any better shells or improvement so each game you’re basically

Sitting behind each corner available praying the whole enemy team is completely deaf and oblivious pushing past you without knowing where you are. Then you have to send a prayer to RNGesus to not make your darts disappear into the flat side era of a t80 bvm or a t90m or just take out its driver when youre shooting its lower glacis making him stop right in front of your 16 million euro paper mache tank and you should be fine.
God beware you have to aggressively push with decent enemies to save a match because you will die if anything looks at you funny.

“Assuming your resources correct” I am not contending your resources, in spite of the fact that there’s multiple ways to contend it with some credibility.

Not really goalposting when you’re implying folk are bitching about the hull armour, when just about everyone is acknowledging that Leclerc’s hull armour wasn’t the focus of the protection schema.

I’m not addressing what the player complaints are, nor am I implying shit. I am simply stating the hull armor is for a fact the saddest thing I have seen since the Challenger 2s hull armor cavity. You’re trying your absolute hardest to put this in my mouth lmao, get over yourself.

in spite of the fact that there’s multiple ways to contend it with some credibility.

Not many, and unless they are themselves are official 3D models of the vehicle from the producer, showing off each plate, none at all ;P

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Yeah the famous source is a video game… Hard to believe it’s only them noticing that.
https://x.com/ArmoredWar/status/1907759485080449109

They only measured it.

Feel free to check out the model yourself ;)

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The issue is, when you say something is done to “appease you all”, that is by virtue of the function of the English language making the provision that this improvement was heavily pushed for by the people you’re engaging with. I don’t have to put words in your mouth, when you up and said them. Either your grasp of the language is substandard, or you made the provision that people were pushing for it. It is similar to saying “Chally 2’s strike face is only the rating it is to appease you all” to a chally thread.

Don’t overly care to put words in your mouth, pommies struggle with getting words out enough of the time for me to make it any harder would be cruel.

I’m sure there’s never been a time where French kit has been represented in a substandard manner in marketing tools prior to being requested the explicit information by an interested export customer. It can be contested, but I also don’t care to, as I’m not of the mind the hull armour was ever particularly the problem.

Funnily enough, just like the majority in this thread.

The model comes directly from KNDS, specifically Leclerc.glb. While there is also a model of the Leopard, it is not useful. If you look at both models closely, there are clear signs of intentional destruction of certain components.

Even primary docs from GIAT give in inaccurate* size estimation. The proportion are never correct (we tried to check them a while ago). I have not checked the 3D model itself, but I’ll still take it with a grain of salt.
The main thing missing about the Leclerc are actual plan with dimensions, which we don’t have

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It means exactly what it means, to appease the French playerbase, and give them less things to complain about, cus y’all love doing that (they’ve done the same with the Americans in case your memory only goes back about 10 minutes into the past). You have no grasp on the history of how whiny the French core playerbase is, and I presume your tenure began only with the new forum, yet you’re assuming the moral highground and talking down to me about my own ability to use my teritary language.

Frankly? You’re a prime example of why I said “appease y’all”. You almost instantly defaulted to insulting my language ability, huge.

This is probably my first time commenting on this thread. Why would these models be accurate? Either for Leclerc/Leo or both. I cannot imagine any reasons why a website designer would have the full schematics to the tank.

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They might not be, but the degree to which they’re beliveable is much greater than for many “fan-made” models.

A lot of which assume a much larger armor cavity, to accomodate the “armor value” we’ve got in the game, rather than basing their findings on what’s possible with X decade’s armor technology.

The Leo 2A7HUN/+ model is pretty much entirely empty, fyi. We looked through it the same way we did with the Leclerc XLR model.

Nah, you don’t understand. It makes the woeful state of the chally UFP a point of pride.

Historically, the pommies and French have whined as much as each other. I could point to a number of times the English were catered to in order for the devs to appease them. I stalked the forums well before the swap over, just didn’t engage in it. I’ve a fondness for both French and British equipment.

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Because it’s not a schematic. These models would be accurate for the same reason the data on the website is accurate, they’re sourced directly from KNDS. There’s no practical reason to produce a fake or altered version; that would be more effort than it’s worth. Plus, the dimensions all line up correctly, and sensitive areas have clearly been deliberately removed, which strongly suggests it wasn’t made just for show.

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Entire turret interior was partly deleted with some rests still visible

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Top / back part of the insde

There would be no need to model ANY of this if it was just a “for show” model from the start, they obviously took a higher detail model, reduced the detail and removed certain segments to get to this model. Generally all around the place you can see sings of them cutting details, likely for performance and confidentiality.

The leo is the same, this picture is of the interior AFTER i removed big boxes that covered everything up

I don’t even main UK, lmao. You’re so far down the rabbit hole you can’t even be bothered to check who mains what, and simply assume I must main UK because I mentioned X, Y, or Z. Ego’s hurting much?

Usually it’s a safe bet that the insufferable muppets rocking up in the French threads are those still sore from losing the 100 year war. If that’s not the case, great, always fun for a surprise.

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You’d think they’d be over it by now, but it’s the nearest I can figure for them wandering into French threads to be snarky muppets.

Agree to disagree. The French discussions at present generally keep to themselves, as opposed to others I could point to. At least they aren’t trying to claim every second tank and/or plane. Or asking for an F22.

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It’s like looking at a Rafale Thread lol

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Except we’re missing the half dozen comments with diagrams of the EFT.

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For the still interested parties

There is also one on the boxer, but its missing something