In April 2021, the French defence procurement agency Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), awarded a mid-life upgrade contract to Nexter for the Leclerc tanks. The UAE donated some of the Leclerc MBTs to Jordan in the second half of 2020. MGCS is a joint effort by the French and German governments to develop a main combat system that will replace Germany’s Leopard 2 MBT and the French Army’s Leclerc in 2035. In May 2020, the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) was approved for initial system architecture study. In early 2011, Nexter signed an agreement with UAE-based defence and security solutions provider International Golden Group to supply Azur up-armour kits for the Leclerc MBTs of the UAE Armed Forces.

A remotely controlled 7.62mm machine gun is also fitted in addition to the 120mm gun. It is fitted with the AZUR kit, which consists of additional protection in the form of side skirts of composite material, bar armour on the rear of hull and turret to protect against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and extra protection for the engine against petrol bombs. In June 2006, Nexter unveiled the Leclerc optimised for urban operations. Leclerc mk2 tanks with improved software and engine control system entered production in 1998. The Leclerc was first operational with the French Army in 1992 and with UAE in 1995. Deliveries of the tanks and ARVs were concluded in 20 respectively. Armee de Terre currently has 254 Leclerc cars in the line.390 tanks and 46 armoured recovery vehicles (ARVs) were ordered by the UAE. On the other hand, at the beginning of the 1990s, the French army introduced a 3rd generation tank called the Leclerc with a crew of 3 to the line.

With time, however, France developed its own AMX-30 MBT and its subsequent modernization of the AMX30B2, which until the 1990s were the basic armament of French armored units and are still in active service. Shortly after the end of World War II, the French armored forces, on the one hand, focused on relatively light equipment with high mobility, but with high firepower, an excellent example of which is the AMX-13 tank, and on the other, heavy vehicles from the USA - primarily M47 Patton vehicles. In terms of numbers, the most important component is the ground army (French Armee de Terre), whose armored forces have changed significantly since the end of World War II to the present day. Forces armees francaises) are made up of the army, the navy, the air force, the French National Gendarmerie and the National Guard.

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