Sweden also trialed Leclercs together with Leo 2s (later STRV 122) and it passed the 400mm penetration test ( on the whole frontal arc not the smallest plate in the array)
Unknown. Would be a pretty high risk to have it publically known wouldn’t it?
Pretty sure there were some measurements for hull composite thickness for Leclerc
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There are some takes at it from a demilitarised Leclerc in Saumur museum but that’s mostly it. The only actual measurements are at Nexter which made the tank. Otherwise we somewhat know how it’s layered and mostly what materials they used
The LOS will suffice
For example. I’m somewhat worried that Gaijin just took the fuel tanks layout (which is in the front left hand side looking at it) and just took the shape and modeled armor around it while also getting things like the angle of the hull wrong. (Just like AMX 50s overall size)
620mm LOS huh…
If it has equally composite as M1A2 turret
It would offer 485mm KE vs apfsds
It has better composite I think
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wouldn’t surprise me with how expensive it is
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Not only that but also extensive testing (They even tried stuff like different kinds of stone for composite) but also 1. being stated to be as good against CE as Chobham but better against KE, 2. none of the proposed kits (Turkey, Sweden, AZUR, 2015 Modernisation) had hull armor upgrades.
quick question why does the gunners armor portion provide so little protection while being 840mm thick
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Which exactly?
s21
In game you mean?
yes it doesn’t make much sense to me how it only provides 654mm of protection
Gaijin used for all 3 Leclercs up from S1 “Leo_2A5_Turret_NERA” as composite instead of making their own one. That’s why the armor is also visibly with empty spaces while it should be full with kevlar like material
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this its so much armor but so little protection relative
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I know. All of Leclercs composite should be better especially SXXIs since it even uses titanium inside the array
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But all the reports will only be forwarded and from the feels just put into the shredder immediately
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