French Army Unveils The New LECLERC XLR Main Battle Tank!

The Leclerc Scorpion or XLR is a modernised version of the French-made Leclerc Main Battle Tank designed and manufactured by the French Company Nexter Systems, previously known as Giat Industries. In March 2015, The French Army Defence Procurement Agency notified Nexter Systems a renovation contract for the Leclerc Main Battle Tank. This order constitutes the third operation launched by the French Ministry of Defence under the Scorpion program intended to modernise the French Army’s contact forces. Valued at approximately 330 million Euros, the contract provides for the delivery of 200 “Renovated Leclerc” tanks and 18 Renovated DCL” armoured recovery vehicles based on Leclerc Main Battle Tanks from 2020. In this video we are going to take a closer look at the Leclerc Main Battle Tank and see what improvements are planned to bring it to the standard of Leclerc XLR.