Leclerc T40

## Crew

* Commander
* Driver
* Gunner

The **Leclerc T40** is a Tier 9 premium Tank Destroyer under Francine De Laroche's dealership.

## History

Class: Fire Support Vehicle (Proposal)

Developed: 2000-2012

Service: N/A

Vehicles Built: N/A

Operators: N/A

The Leclerc T40 was first designed as a counterpart to the Russian BMPT series in order to accompany MBTs and defend them from infantry threats they'd have a hard time against. The idea was to convert a number of existing Leclerc tanks to carry a T40 turret armed with a 40mm automatic cannon or even ATGMs. Interestingly enough, the way the vehicle was designed, these conversions would be reversible. The project was, however, never put to production for a number of reasons, including high cost, debatable combat value and poorly developed tactics for such vehicle class. After all, even the Russians weren't keen on accepting their own BMPTs in service. The project was terminated at some point after 2012.

## Vehicle Traits

* Armored: This vehicle's armor can withstand a lot of punishment, allowing it to survive even serious firefights.
* Marksman: This vehicle can fire advanced ammunition from its accurate weapon, allowing it to destroy enemy armor at long distances.
* Top-Down ATGM: This vehicle can launch special ATGMs that target the enemy's most vulnerable area - the roof.
* Fire and Forget: This vehicle features advanced ATGMs that, when a target (ground or flying) is locked, home in on it without having to be controlled manually.
* Improved Reverse: This vehicle can drive backwards much faster than other vehicles can.
* Protected Modules: This vehicle's internal components take less damage, making them harder to destroy.

## Upgrades

### Armor

Leclerc T40 Stock Armor
 The Leclerc T40's hull fitted with the AZUR ERA kit is comparable to that of the standard Leclerc. However, its aluminum turret is much more vulnerable to enemy fire.

### Weapon

**Stats:**

* **Depression/Elevation**: -10.0° / 60.0°

**Stats:**

* **Magazine Type**: Clip
* **Magazine Size**: 4
* **Reload within Magazine**: 5.00 s
* **Burst Fire Rate**: 12.00 rd/min
* **Depression/Elevation**: -10.0° / 60.0°

## Abilities

**Description:**Temporarily improves your vehicle's acceleration, maximum speed and hull traverse values at the cost of increased camouflage penalty for movement. In other words, activating this ability makes your vehicle easier to spot when moving.

**Description:**This ability allows you to fall back quickly by temporarily improving your camouflage factor and acceleration. However, it also reduces your vision range and reload speed.

## Footnotes

1. ↑ 400 mm at 100m;
120 mm at 400m
2. ↑ 80 for Partial Penetration
40 for Non-Penetrating Hits
3. ↑ 100 for Non-Penetrating Hits
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spall Liner and Experimental Smoke Grenades are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 GALIX Soft Kill APS and Flash Suppressor are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Trophy Hard Kill APS and Improved Loading Mechanism are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Improved Weapon Cooling System and Lighter Bolt Carrier are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Improved Missile Launcher and Improved Target Lock-On System are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Improved Thermal Imager and IR Camouflage System are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 SAGEM Commander Optics and Improved Hyperbar Turbocharger are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.

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