This one is a bit more… specialized. You’ve might seen a few of these photos around the web because they got leaked. How, who from and who leaked them, now, those are all very interesting questions that I am unfortunately not able to answer. What I can tell you is that this is a 140mm gun variant of Char Leclerc, also called (quite incorrectly, as far as I know) “le Terminateur” (based on one magazine article).
Check the size of the 140mm shell compared to the 120mm…
Das pretty big.
This is by far, The very first modern MBT to have an actual baffle muzzle brake, I think it screams how strong the gun is
is it really a 140mm gun? I thought they had announced a plan to extend the Leclerc service life with a few modernizations including the new Rheinmetal 130mm smoothbore until the joint french-german MBT is available in 2030 or 2040, or is this “upgrade” not part of the SCORPION program?
it’s 90′ prototype
Author of the magazine article here.
The name Terminateur is the given name of the demonstrator 140mm turret mated with a series chassis taken from a former gun tank converted in his last years as a towing vehicle.
The given name has been attributed by the director of the french army technical section that made everything to preserve the demonstrator turret.
In your photos the Terminateur just received the experimental Scorpion camouflage (a interesting way to apply a new coat of paint while experimenting for the french army needs)
Interesting, thanks for the info!
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so….they shoot bigger baguettes.
sacre bleu
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