Why isnt France getting an SPAA to fill two HUGE gaps?

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So this update France is getting a “copy paste” Dutch Gepard. It will likely sit around BR 8.7 maybe even folded with the AMX-30 DCA.
But why are we not getting an SPAA to fill the HUGE gap from BR 6.3 to 8.7 or the HUGE gap from BR 9.7 to 12.0.

Is the answer really that Gaijin cant find anything they can just copy paste into the gap? The only French thing we got this year has been the EBRC Jagaur, everything else is just copy paste from USA or Gemrnay…

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People having been asking for the Cheetah PRTL for a while

94% yes votes on the suggestion page since 2024

edit - 97% for the C2A1 PRTL, 94% for the modernised version suggestion

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Girl… ITS ONE BIT OF NEWS IN.

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Unique spaa here btw.

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It’s still unique.

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It’s not even a copy paste gepard like u said. Fully unique SPAAG system.

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My god, it was only one of the three vehicles confirmed for the update, and French players are already acting like it’s going to be the only addition to the French tech tree for the next six months and the worst thing ever. We don’t even know what else/if France is getting yet.

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Cheetah PRTL is a good addition regardless if it’s a Gepard at the end of the day is contributing for the tech tree in comparison to previous implementations. It’s not unrealistic to think that; France had eight ground vehicles from March 2025 to September 2026. With five of these “unique” vehicles being the…

  • AMD.35 (PaK) (which is shared with the german tech tree as P204(f) KwK 39/1);
  • FSAF SAMP/T (Mamba) (which is shared with the italian tech tree as FSAF SAMP/T;
  • DF105 (which is shared with the german tech tree as DF105);
  • CLOVIS (which is shared with the german tech tree as CLOVIS in a pack);
  • EMBT (which is shared with the german tech tree as EMBT).

Actual french-unique vehicles I can note is the EBCR Jaguar and the Leclerc MSC if I’m not missing anything in terms of ground vehicles. On this same period of time France got a total of also seven not unique and shared vehicles with other tech tree. I’m not here to complain about the Cheetah PRTL, AMX-30S DCA is simply not there to work as a SPAA but rather SPAT if you know what I mean, maybe the VAB VCS/TA20 or the AMX-10 RAA could’ve been good options to replace the previous SPAA in the task it’s not fulfilling anymore because of the extremely low muzzle velocity on the 30 mm Hispano-Suiza 831A.

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