In total, it is planned to modernize 200 tanks, but the company will start with 50. She will update them to the Leclerc XLR version. To keep the main battle tanks in service until 2040, until a new generation of vehicles appeared, the French military signed a contract for their modernization with Leclerc on June 1. The development of the tank is planned to be completed by the mid-2030s. Germany and France struck an agreement last year and agreed to jointly develop a next-generation main battle tank to replace their aging Leopard 2 and Leclerc. On the highway, the tank can reach speeds of more than 70 kilometers per hour, and on rough terrain - up to 50 kilometers per hour. The digital fire control system allows the tanker to simultaneously select up to six targets and hit them in 30 seconds. These are vehicles with a classic layout, a 120 mm smoothbore cannon and two machine guns of 12.7 and 7.62 mm caliber. Leclerc tanks have entered service with the French army since 1993 and have undergone three upgrades since then. According to the French General Directorate of Armaments, Nexter will be engaged in updating the first 50 Leclerc, according to the N + 1. Around this time, the development of a new generation MGCS combat vehicle should be completed. The French military are modernizing the Leclerc (the country's main battle tanks) to keep them in service until 2040.
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